338 Edge with suppressor

[cjens]

I run a 22" Edge with a 338 Ultra suppressor. 230 Eldx at 3170. Very manageable and not so long for hunting etc. Here's a thread on shorter barrel 338's unless a longer barrel is just what you want.

Thread 'My mission to find the best short barreled big 338!!!' https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/my-mission-to-find-the-best-short-barreled-big-338.330760/

I read though this and was pretty helpful. My suppressor requires at least a 24" barrel though. You build some awesome guns! Are you shooting anything 250 and above??

 

[Doc88]

I read though this and was pretty helpful. My suppressor requires at least a 24" barrel though. You build some awesome guns! Are you shooting anything 250 and above??

I'm not the builder. Just a receiver. I have not tried anything heavier because of the shorter barrel. Was willing to give up some bullet weight for velocity.

 

[dbaileyg]

Gun looks great! Did your son use the 338 to take that ewe? Are you single feeding it?

That was the first time I let him shoot it due to more significant recoil than what he is used to but in the heat of the moment he didn't even notice. It's a BDL and I load to mag length. As you know, everything in this game is a tradeoff but for me, having an operational magazine for hunting was more important than the gains I would see in velocity. I got lucky and it still shoots bugholes with the bullet jumping just a little to the lands but that is something that I wish I would have thought about in advance to have my gunsmith account for when cutting the chamber. My preference would be to load to just a couple thousandths off the lands at mag length.

 

[cjens]

That was the first time I let him shoot it due to more significant recoil than what he is used to but in the heat of the moment he didn't even notice. It's a BDL and I load to mag length. As you know, everything in this game is a tradeoff but for me, having an operational magazine for hunting was more important than the gains I would see in velocity. I got lucky and it still shoots bugholes with the bullet jumping just a little to the lands but that is something that I wish I would have thought about in advance to have my gunsmith account for when cutting the chamber. My preference would be to load to just a couple thousandths off the lands at mag length.

Good for you kid! thats awesome! That's good idea. Maybe I'll talk to my smith about doing that. I was just going to single feed. I have just a chassis with aics magazine.

 

[distantfoe]

That seems pretty good speed to me for 300's. What twist rate are you running?

It's a 1-9.3

 

[cjens]

I'm not the builder. Just a receiver. I have not tried anything heavier because of the shorter barrel. Was willing to give up some bullet weight for velocity.

Yeah that makes sense. Always a give take relationship. Thanks again for the a help!