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338 Lapua ???
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<blockquote data-quote="alcesgigas" data-source="post: 1847369" data-attributes="member: 34925"><p>I have a 338 Lapua Magnum Ackley Improved (40*--the std.) with a 32" Bartlein 1:9.5-1:8 gain twist barrel. Stretching it out translates to the 256 gn Flatline being driven by RL26 <em>see attached. </em>Using 285 Flatlines driven by RL26<em> see attached</em>.</p><p>This is a single shot rifle that weighs 22 pounds. I have never fired a cap and core bullet through this barrel nor have I shot any bullet weighing more than 285 gn. If the temperature gets above zero Monday I'll be firing my first 270 gn Badlands (just five and starting out at 92 gn RL26), this is also from virgin brass. The two attached are among--if not the--first firings of these Flatlines. Presently I have 259 shots down the barrel and examination (bore scope) shows minimal fire cracking at the neck/rifling juncture--about an eighth of an inch, but faint beginnings are imprinting a little over and inch down the barrel. If there's interest I can attach these and other photographic records...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alcesgigas, post: 1847369, member: 34925"] I have a 338 Lapua Magnum Ackley Improved (40*--the std.) with a 32" Bartlein 1:9.5-1:8 gain twist barrel. Stretching it out translates to the 256 gn Flatline being driven by RL26 [I]see attached. [/I]Using 285 Flatlines driven by RL26[I] see attached[/I]. This is a single shot rifle that weighs 22 pounds. I have never fired a cap and core bullet through this barrel nor have I shot any bullet weighing more than 285 gn. If the temperature gets above zero Monday I'll be firing my first 270 gn Badlands (just five and starting out at 92 gn RL26), this is also from virgin brass. The two attached are among--if not the--first firings of these Flatlines. Presently I have 259 shots down the barrel and examination (bore scope) shows minimal fire cracking at the neck/rifling juncture--about an eighth of an inch, but faint beginnings are imprinting a little over and inch down the barrel. If there's interest I can attach these and other photographic records... [/QUOTE]
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