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<blockquote data-quote="Dan Conzo" data-source="post: 51640" data-attributes="member: 269"><p>I notice people are having problems getting 2800 fps out of the 338 Ultra with the 300 Sierra MK, especially factory barrels. I'm not so sure the 340 Wby Imp carridges like the 338 Baer, 340 Goodling, and another version popular here in Pa wouldn't be a little better than the 338 Ultra, I know of one that gets 2800 fps with the 300 Sierra MK and R25 powder with only a 28" barrel and for sure the brass quality is better. Sometimes NEW isn't always better. If you stick with factory chambers you're stuck with the throating they give you. If you don't want to mess around with custom dies, fireforming, etc and you want to feed it from a magazine then the Ultra is probably the way to go. To cripple the power and accuracy potential of a good cartridge by magazine feeding is bad. The 338 Lapua is another story though, but I'm not familiar with the Factory rifles made for it, the throating, etc., but the case is really nice. Just an opinion.</p><p></p><p>Dan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dan Conzo, post: 51640, member: 269"] I notice people are having problems getting 2800 fps out of the 338 Ultra with the 300 Sierra MK, especially factory barrels. I'm not so sure the 340 Wby Imp carridges like the 338 Baer, 340 Goodling, and another version popular here in Pa wouldn't be a little better than the 338 Ultra, I know of one that gets 2800 fps with the 300 Sierra MK and R25 powder with only a 28" barrel and for sure the brass quality is better. Sometimes NEW isn't always better. If you stick with factory chambers you're stuck with the throating they give you. If you don't want to mess around with custom dies, fireforming, etc and you want to feed it from a magazine then the Ultra is probably the way to go. To cripple the power and accuracy potential of a good cartridge by magazine feeding is bad. The 338 Lapua is another story though, but I'm not familiar with the Factory rifles made for it, the throating, etc., but the case is really nice. Just an opinion. Dan [/QUOTE]
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