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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 483615" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>Lapua Guy,</p><p> </p><p>Man, could you be any farther from the truth!!!</p><p> </p><p>The 338 Win Mag can certainly be used for long range hunting. No good over 500 yards, PLEASE!!!!</p><p> </p><p>The 338 Edge and the 338 Lapua have identical case capacities and often the Edge rifles are built using mag boxes MUCH longer then standard length Lapua magazine lengths so you can seat the bullets out even longer for more case capacity. When the Edge and Lapua are loaded to same chamber pressures in same length barrels with same bullet weights, they are identical, does not matter if your shooting a 200 gr bullet or a 350 gr ULD RBBT, same capacity, same velocity output.</p><p> </p><p>Not sure where your getting your numbers from but its not from real world testing and shooting, maybe from books or computer screens.</p><p> </p><p>Back to the 338 Win Mag. It is not suited for 300 gr SMK bullets because it does not have a large enough case capacity, in my opinion, neither is the 340 Wby. There are alot of good BC bullets in the 225 and 250 gr bullet weights. A 225 gr Accubond in the 338 Win Mag will easily harvest any bullet elk on the planet out past 1/2 mile and terminal performance will likely be just as good as the 300 gr SMK out of a Lapua.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 483615, member: 10"] Lapua Guy, Man, could you be any farther from the truth!!! The 338 Win Mag can certainly be used for long range hunting. No good over 500 yards, PLEASE!!!! The 338 Edge and the 338 Lapua have identical case capacities and often the Edge rifles are built using mag boxes MUCH longer then standard length Lapua magazine lengths so you can seat the bullets out even longer for more case capacity. When the Edge and Lapua are loaded to same chamber pressures in same length barrels with same bullet weights, they are identical, does not matter if your shooting a 200 gr bullet or a 350 gr ULD RBBT, same capacity, same velocity output. Not sure where your getting your numbers from but its not from real world testing and shooting, maybe from books or computer screens. Back to the 338 Win Mag. It is not suited for 300 gr SMK bullets because it does not have a large enough case capacity, in my opinion, neither is the 340 Wby. There are alot of good BC bullets in the 225 and 250 gr bullet weights. A 225 gr Accubond in the 338 Win Mag will easily harvest any bullet elk on the planet out past 1/2 mile and terminal performance will likely be just as good as the 300 gr SMK out of a Lapua. [/QUOTE]
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