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<blockquote data-quote="Coercionist" data-source="post: 2576855" data-attributes="member: 120676"><p>After a good bit of research I have decided that for what I want, a 20-25ish pound rifle with the capability to shoot at ranges from 1000 yards to 2 miles and also bag an elk at 1000 yards, a switch barrel rifle would suit my wants best given that any one caliber can not efficiently fill every need that a prospective shooter can have. Also, this would also me to swap out burned-out barrels and try new calibers quickly and without having to send the rifle to a smith. As for the rifle build, I was thinking a McMillan A5 Supermag build around a pierce 10x action (with both .585 and .640 boldfaces) but its the chamberings that I am undecided on. Initially Id want two calibers: one to be used out to 2000 yards and hunting, and then another for shots past 2000 yards. For the first chambering a fast 338 peaks my interest because of the vast bullet offerings, The 33xc makes a compelling offer given its standard load of a 300 grain Berger at about 3150 fps from a 30" barrel, however recently I stumbled upon the sad story of the 338 raptor which is the parent case for the xc. Long story short, it seems that Mr. Kirby Allen the developer of the raptor is using xc brass to fire-form to the raptor since it seems the xc is just the raptor with the shoulder/neck junction pushed down for a longer neck. Before the Peterson brass to fire-room from, the raptor load looks to be similar velocity as the current xc loadings however, now that Mr. Allen is fire-forming this stronger brass I wonder what sort of case capacity/velocity gains he is making. For my second chambering, I want as heavy a bullet as possible pushed around 3000 fps; for this I am thinking to draw up some sort of a 408 cheytac improved. it seems to me that since cutting edge now has .408 cal bullets out then there's no reason to immediately shy away from that caliber anymore. The 425 Lazer and the 420 mtac both look like great options bc wise and according to a case length of 3.03 and a mag constraint of 4.625 (cadex mags) they both can be mag fed, the same can not be said of the similar bc 400gr .375 class pills. </p><p></p><p>What do you guys think of the Raptor vs XC</p><p>How about an improved 408 with the new bullets?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coercionist, post: 2576855, member: 120676"] After a good bit of research I have decided that for what I want, a 20-25ish pound rifle with the capability to shoot at ranges from 1000 yards to 2 miles and also bag an elk at 1000 yards, a switch barrel rifle would suit my wants best given that any one caliber can not efficiently fill every need that a prospective shooter can have. Also, this would also me to swap out burned-out barrels and try new calibers quickly and without having to send the rifle to a smith. As for the rifle build, I was thinking a McMillan A5 Supermag build around a pierce 10x action (with both .585 and .640 boldfaces) but its the chamberings that I am undecided on. Initially Id want two calibers: one to be used out to 2000 yards and hunting, and then another for shots past 2000 yards. For the first chambering a fast 338 peaks my interest because of the vast bullet offerings, The 33xc makes a compelling offer given its standard load of a 300 grain Berger at about 3150 fps from a 30" barrel, however recently I stumbled upon the sad story of the 338 raptor which is the parent case for the xc. Long story short, it seems that Mr. Kirby Allen the developer of the raptor is using xc brass to fire-form to the raptor since it seems the xc is just the raptor with the shoulder/neck junction pushed down for a longer neck. Before the Peterson brass to fire-room from, the raptor load looks to be similar velocity as the current xc loadings however, now that Mr. Allen is fire-forming this stronger brass I wonder what sort of case capacity/velocity gains he is making. For my second chambering, I want as heavy a bullet as possible pushed around 3000 fps; for this I am thinking to draw up some sort of a 408 cheytac improved. it seems to me that since cutting edge now has .408 cal bullets out then there's no reason to immediately shy away from that caliber anymore. The 425 Lazer and the 420 mtac both look like great options bc wise and according to a case length of 3.03 and a mag constraint of 4.625 (cadex mags) they both can be mag fed, the same can not be said of the similar bc 400gr .375 class pills. What do you guys think of the Raptor vs XC How about an improved 408 with the new bullets? [/QUOTE]
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