ouch.. talk about not cheap

 

Well just as it is with trucks, performance aint cheap.

 

Roger that..

Got to shoot a Barrett 338LM for a guy once. He couldnt get it to group so he asked me to give it a try cause he had gotten aggravated.
The 300gr SMKs went into a .75" group at 300yds where the 250gr SMKs only did a 4" group.. That was a nice rifle, but way too much $$$ for me.

 

Oh yeah those things almost require a mortgage payment to purchase. I'm looking to get a Rem 700 in 338RUM at the most basic level. That way I don't have to feel like crap restocking it. May have a need to get a 338WM as well. As I'm looking at relocating to Wyoming in the near future.

 

That should be fun!
Did some work in WY, nothing out there but a bunch of flat ground. You might be better off getting a drone and just fly it over what you want to hit and drop some rocks on it. haha

 

Yeah the "Nothing out there" is the entire reason I want to move out there.

 

Agree dont go with the .338 RUM. If you dead set on a .338 bore have a .338 Edge built. Much better brass selection along with near performance of the .338 Lapua. I actually suggest getting a Remington Sendero in .300 RUM. Ive got one and with the 1-11" twist it stabilizes the 210 Berger VLD very well. With 89.0gr Retumbo and a winchester magnum primer this is how it shoots.



I did the final finish system on the bore and Im still really impressed with how well it worked. The bore is like a mirror and I get zero copper fouling plus it shoots lights out.

 

I was under the impression that the Edge out performs the LM. A 300 Rum would be freakin awesome. I've still got about 120 of those GS custom 197gr bullets left. Just a thought, I wonder how the 375 Snipe-tec would do. Supposedly it out performs the 375 cheytac which reportedly sends rounds to 3200yrds before going trans-sonic. Just a thought.

 

What the Edge is really good for is this. First of course is a .300 RUM necked up to .338 bore. But whats nice about it is you get near or almost the same performance as the Lapua without opening up the bolt face and the extra machining work involved in using a Remington Action. Plus brass in 338 Lapua is insanely expensive! Theres also some that say the .338 Lapua is too big of a cartridge for the Remington dual lug action. I dont know about that. I know someone that built them off Remingtons just fine.

 

ive hit out to 2000 yds with my .338 edge.