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338 Lapua vs 300 Norma
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<blockquote data-quote="longrangehunterII" data-source="post: 1341395" data-attributes="member: 61185"><p>The math is a 300 gr. bullet going 2900 fps vs. a 230 gr. bullet going the same speed. Any 300 grain bullet generates more recoil no matter how you look at it or put it in.</p><p></p><p>Besides as the OP, wasn't your question as a hunting round, or are you willing to tote around a 16 lb. plus rifle in the field up/down the mountains? Or is this for a ground blind or high tower like in Texas? Or like the 50 BMG's Dan Lilja use to hunt from his truck with a shooting bench mounted in the back of the pick up?</p><p></p><p>My Sako TRG-42 started life as a 338 LM, even at 16.5 lbs. w/a TBAC Can the recoil shooting prone was considerable, which convinced me to re-barrel the TRG to a 300 NM years later. I put a lot of rounds down range with that gun as a 338 LM, and with the 300 NM I have a higher percentage of 1st round hits even at ELR. Same gun, same weight, different cartridge, better results IMO, but that's just my two cents. The cost is less too come to think of it! Which is no different then the 300 WM vs. the 338 LM, the 300 WM when fed heavy high BC bullets will compete and suddenly the 300 Win Mag just got more attractive. The 338 LM will eventually beat the hell out of you after 50 rounds, even in a heavy gun, period!</p><p></p><p>The truth is most individuals will shoot better with less recoil, that's a given. In a hunting weight rifle, recoil comes into play with every shot. Less recoil is more hits even if you could say bigger is better? A clean kill is prefered, and dead is dead no matter how much extra energy was tossed at it IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="longrangehunterII, post: 1341395, member: 61185"] The math is a 300 gr. bullet going 2900 fps vs. a 230 gr. bullet going the same speed. Any 300 grain bullet generates more recoil no matter how you look at it or put it in. Besides as the OP, wasn't your question as a hunting round, or are you willing to tote around a 16 lb. plus rifle in the field up/down the mountains? Or is this for a ground blind or high tower like in Texas? Or like the 50 BMG's Dan Lilja use to hunt from his truck with a shooting bench mounted in the back of the pick up? My Sako TRG-42 started life as a 338 LM, even at 16.5 lbs. w/a TBAC Can the recoil shooting prone was considerable, which convinced me to re-barrel the TRG to a 300 NM years later. I put a lot of rounds down range with that gun as a 338 LM, and with the 300 NM I have a higher percentage of 1st round hits even at ELR. Same gun, same weight, different cartridge, better results IMO, but that's just my two cents. The cost is less too come to think of it! Which is no different then the 300 WM vs. the 338 LM, the 300 WM when fed heavy high BC bullets will compete and suddenly the 300 Win Mag just got more attractive. The 338 LM will eventually beat the hell out of you after 50 rounds, even in a heavy gun, period! The truth is most individuals will shoot better with less recoil, that's a given. In a hunting weight rifle, recoil comes into play with every shot. Less recoil is more hits even if you could say bigger is better? A clean kill is prefered, and dead is dead no matter how much extra energy was tossed at it IMO. [/QUOTE]
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