locotrician
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- Sep 19, 2007
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So after shooting my first custom for over a year now , a .300 dakota, i am ready to go bigger and am looking toward the .338's. I am torn between the EDGE and the LAPUA. The advantage i see for the edge is that i can use a rem 700 action and the brass is cheaper and in the .300 rum form easier to find and i like shawns videos i figure i will like his cartridge as well. the advantage i see in the Lapua is the quality of the brass and the fact i can just buy it and load it with no forming involved my questions are:
1. can i safely shoot the .338 lapua out of a rem 700 action?
2. brass for the edge ? how do i get it ? where and how much ? if i must form it myself how much do the form dies cost ?
3. i have a great local smith in my area can i get a chamber reamer of the edge or do i have to use a smith on this site? ( not that i wouldnt love to have a rifle built by shawn i just have shipping everything and waiting)
4. whats the ETA on the 300 grain bergers ?
5. what is the suggested barrel contour , this will be a gun i walk in with that being said i am used to heavier guns but my dakota ended up at 16 lbs and i wold like this to end up no more than 12 lbs and i will probably go with a 28 inch barrel.
1. can i safely shoot the .338 lapua out of a rem 700 action?
2. brass for the edge ? how do i get it ? where and how much ? if i must form it myself how much do the form dies cost ?
3. i have a great local smith in my area can i get a chamber reamer of the edge or do i have to use a smith on this site? ( not that i wouldnt love to have a rifle built by shawn i just have shipping everything and waiting)
4. whats the ETA on the 300 grain bergers ?
5. what is the suggested barrel contour , this will be a gun i walk in with that being said i am used to heavier guns but my dakota ended up at 16 lbs and i wold like this to end up no more than 12 lbs and i will probably go with a 28 inch barrel.