Thinking about building a 338 of some sort

[BasilPascali]

Lapua

 

[Rum Man]

Well I'm setting here with 6 338's ...three of each . If you build them the same then no difference to me .
If I was to start all over I would just build a 338 Rum. 26" proof 1/9 twist and a very nice Scope . The other 5 of mine would hit the Road !
There will be both in the field hunting this fall, I will post my results!
My hunting 338's !
338 Rum left 30 " carbon benchmark
338 Edge right 30 " proof
Both seem to love 300 Bergers EH and H-1000 . Both are at 10.6 the way you see them . 1000 yards seems easy for these boys !!

Good luck in your Choice !

Rum Man

 

[pburton]

Thank you to everyone for the replies. Good information!

 

[JimmyCP]

I have resisted the urge to build a .338 of some sort for several years, mainly because I just could not see the need. Now I have the bug. So, I am just getting started with the planning process. I have kind of narrowed it down to the Edge and RUM. Since I am not very familiar with either case, I don't know which would be best to build. I see that RUM brass seems to be a little more readily available. I will be building off a Rem 700 action, since I have one sitting here waiting. I want to build this as a hunting weight

225 grain sst 98.5 grn H1000 CCI 250 primer GWT Brass .002 neck tension. .38 group. Out of savage 110 lrh 338 lapua seen in profile picture. $889.00 @ buds. Buy or build lol?

 

[jpope02]

Oh! My bruised shoulder...

 

[RidgeTop]

Get a MkV Weatherby .340and be done with it.

 

[Mike D Texas]

Have 338 Win Mag, 340 WBY, 338 Edge, 338 Norma Mag and several versions of the 338 Norma Mag Improved along with a few other bigger, meaner dogs in 338 cal,

Go with a 338 Norma Mag, it's the most practical of the factory 338 boomers, Lapua brass coming soon, Petersen and Norma make it as well

Or just one simple pass with a 338 cal expander in a 300 Norma Mag case made by Lapua, Peterson, Norma
have done it and works great

later on you can always run a 338 NM Imp reamer into same barrel and keep on shooting with improved performance without changing a thing on your rifle

Doh! Another necro thread that I posted on.

 

[choprzrul]

I finally yielded to the 338 bug.

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