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338 Lapua Magnum

cwinn
I've been toying around with the idea of adding a 338 Lap Mag to the "Of Course I Don't NEED This" collection and would like to do it in a fairly simple and cost effective manner. Savage as a platform comes to mind.

Is the Savage 112 BVSS an appropriate action & if so, are barrels available (or easily rechambered to) in 338 Lap Mag?
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  • cwinn
    Does anyone know of any sources of 338 lapua mag ammunition? Also, i have read the barrels in a rifle of this caliber are "shot-out" after about 1000-1500 rounds? is this true? if not what is the average barrel life? thanks for any help you can give
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  • I.Shute
    Check GB auctions.
    Items 6190305 and 6067899
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  • I.Shute
    quote:
    Check GB auctions.
    Items 6190305 and 6067899

    At these prices you probably won't be concerned with barrel life.
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  • groundhog devastation
    If you want one of these monsters, "Just how bigga boy are ya?" GHD
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  • cwinn
    Groundhog-
    Thats a valid point. I shot a 338 Lapua a short while ago that had been set up for long range sheep. Even with its extra heavy weight and muzzle break it wasnt pleasant to shoot. Im 6'5" tall and over 260 pounds and it knocked me a back a bit. 3 shots was plenty! However, i also had the opportunity to fire a Armalite AR-30 in this caliber and the recoil was more manageable than my 300 weatherby. That is why i was considering purchasing one of those rifles, since the recoil was tamed so effectively.
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  • groundhog devastation
    cwinn, If you get that AR-30 let me know I'd like to try that one too! I just don't like getting rocked so hard that the shooting sessions are uncomfortable. Let us know if you get it. GHD
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  • cwinn
    groundhog-
    im with you on the recoil issue. ive actually all but decided to buy one except for two major issues: ammunition cost and barrel life (although like I. Shute said, one may cancel out the other) i found a dealer of ammunition for the rifle tonight and they charge about 60-80 bucks per 20. Barrel life also seems to be a problem. However, gunfinder.net has the rifles priced between 800 and 900 bucks, which is tough to pass up. If only the ammo wasnt so expensive.....
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  • spclark
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    I found a dealer of ammunition for the rifle tonight and they charge about 60-80 bucks per 20. Barrel life also seems to be a problem... If only the ammo wasn't so expensive.....



    It's not far, expense-wise, from 50 BMG: Big Toys for Big Boys.

    Buy yourself the case dies (there's a great one out there for belted cartridges that, with the proper collet, resizes the case properly in the belt area, vastly increasing case life over full-legth resized just down to the belt) & then you can practice keeping that stock TIGHT against your shoulder....

    Check out http://club.guns.ru/eng/barrett.htm

    Edited by - spclark on 11/21/2002 14:29:23
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