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I almost cant bring myself to say it. Turning to the darkside (you will be shocked)
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Eichele" data-source="post: 368294" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p><strong>Re: I almost cant bring myself to say it. Turning to the darkside (you will be shocke</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Below is a picture of my ABS 338 Edge. It was originally a 300 RUM. ABS had the barrel bored out to 338. Mike D. offered me a new barrel but I had him bore it first and if it didnt shoot good then he could send me a new one. I tried this method first because the rockwell test was perfect and I was VERY happy with the chamber. It shoots more than acceptably yet not as good as I would like. Of course I would like 1/4 MOA. At least not with the 300 SMK. The 300 SCENAR will shoot around 1/4 MOA but with the 300 SMK it will only do about .5 - .6 which is not bad. The good news is that it will shoot that at every session even at 750 yards which is as far as I have shot it. I am hoping to get out to 800-1K in the next couple of months.</p><p></p><p>The total rifle weight without any scope bases is <strong>8 pounds 7OZ. Which for a 'light weight' rifle isnt so light but for a 338 Edge it is extremely light. Espescialy with a 28" barrel, muzzle break and a very large barrel profile such as the M24 profile.</strong> Using my Mark 4 on it keeps the weight down on the finished product. All in all I am very happy with it. I used to bore scope it regularly but I have not since about 120 rounds. It looked so good I quit making trips to the local smith to scope it. The recoil is managable but no where near as light as a heavy Edge. I made the mistake of shooting it once without it and it is fairly severe.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/HPIM1300.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/HPIM1302.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Eichele, post: 368294, member: 1007"] [b]Re: I almost cant bring myself to say it. Turning to the darkside (you will be shocke[/b] Below is a picture of my ABS 338 Edge. It was originally a 300 RUM. ABS had the barrel bored out to 338. Mike D. offered me a new barrel but I had him bore it first and if it didnt shoot good then he could send me a new one. I tried this method first because the rockwell test was perfect and I was VERY happy with the chamber. It shoots more than acceptably yet not as good as I would like. Of course I would like 1/4 MOA. At least not with the 300 SMK. The 300 SCENAR will shoot around 1/4 MOA but with the 300 SMK it will only do about .5 - .6 which is not bad. The good news is that it will shoot that at every session even at 750 yards which is as far as I have shot it. I am hoping to get out to 800-1K in the next couple of months. The total rifle weight without any scope bases is [B]8 pounds 7OZ. Which for a 'light weight' rifle isnt so light but for a 338 Edge it is extremely light. Espescialy with a 28" barrel, muzzle break and a very large barrel profile such as the M24 profile.[/B] Using my Mark 4 on it keeps the weight down on the finished product. All in all I am very happy with it. I used to bore scope it regularly but I have not since about 120 rounds. It looked so good I quit making trips to the local smith to scope it. The recoil is managable but no where near as light as a heavy Edge. I made the mistake of shooting it once without it and it is fairly severe. [img]http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/HPIM1300.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/HPIM1302.JPG[/img] [/QUOTE]
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