338 light builds

[wyosteve]

My Rifles, Inc. .338 with Rem. 700 action comes in at 4 3/4 lbs. bare. 6 1/4 with scope, sling and 4 rounds. Love it!!

 

[Aoudad shooter1975]

Cool stuff...never tried anything much heavier than a 230 ELD-X in my RCM..found 215 gamekings are the ticket for speed and accuracy in mine..

 

[Capt RB]

Put a 22" #2 Lilja SS on a tang safety Ruger M77 chambered in 338 RCM. Mag box lengthened to 3.1" Stock is a long discontinued McMillan ultralight. Weight with scope is 7 1/4 lb.

It has taken two cow elk shooting the 225 accubond @ 2775 fps. Current load is the 300 gr Berger @ 2350 fps which is extremely accurate.

Did some research before using the 300 gr bullet: Broz reported taking some animals with impact velocities and wound channels using the 300 gr berger with his 300 Norma.

Thanks for this information Broz

https://www.longrangehunting.com/th...results-using-338-300-gr-berger-hybrid.80968/

from a different thread:

"...bedded cow at 816 yards. Impact velocity was 1975 fps. Cow was slightly facing away. Entrance was in the crease behind the near shoulder. Exit was far shoulder. I was kinda surprised that the exit was only 1 1/2" or so. But this exit is deceiving. Note the bone fragments on he hair around the hole. Inside was total destruction and the exit shoulder was a loss. Elk died quick and clean. I am pleased."

Based on this information I figured I can use this bullet on any elk in the future. The 300 gr bullet sent from muzzle at a mundane 2350 fps @ 8000 ft will still have more velocity than above at 750 yds ( 2042 fps) which is farther than I would want to shoot anyway. So figure the 300 gr bullet will do fine. KNOW it will exit!

trajectory:


100 2.0

150 1.9

200 0.6

250 -2.0

300 -6.0

350 -11.4

Looking at Elkoholic's numbers with the 250 berger with his line of wildcats would give you another bullet with awesome results to try as well! Sounds like a nice shooting stick for sure.

 

[AZShooter]

I tried some Berger 250s when they came out, was a product tester and got them free from Berger. I wanted those bullets to shoot as I also felt they would be perfect but they performed poorly for me. In fact they were the only Berger hybrids I never got to shoot accurately.

 

[Wedgy]

The 338 SS looks very interesting.....
https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/my-338-sherman-shortmag.201841/

 

[ATH]

Light weight 338 Edge build starting next week .
338 proof 30"
Terminater 3 brake
Manners eh5 stock if I can find one
Remington 700 action
Working on scope

Barrel contour? Expected weight?

 

[Rum Man]

Barrel is the Sendero Proof 30 "
I'm looking at about 8 to 8 1/2 pds before scope . Atleast that's what im shooting for, just a guess so far .

 

[Classic12]

I will be interested in this 338 light build

 

[gregsjt]

Barrel is the Sendero Proof 30 "
I'm looking at about 8 to 8 1/2 pds before scope . Atleast that's what im shooting for, just a guess so far .

Not sure a 30" barrel counts as "packable".

 

[AKdan]

Just trimmed my 338 Lapua down to 22" from 28" to use with my suppressor weighs 10 lbs with the can,sling, scope , and stock pack. Just under 9 without the can. Haven't had a chance to shoot it yet. Planning to run the 265 gr ABLR. Has a 22oz stock and a heavily fluted benchmark med Palma barrel. Hopefully it is still silly accurate. I am really excited about the shorter barrel. It is about the same length as it was with the 28" barrel plus brake. Makes it way more manageable.

 

[gregsjt]

View attachment 109581 Just trimmed my 338 Lapua down to 22" from 28" to use with my suppressor weighs 10 lbs with the can,sling, scope , and stock pack. Just under 9 without the can. Haven't had a chance to shoot it yet. Planning to run the 265 gr ABLR. Has a 22oz stock and a heavily fluted benchmark med Palma barrel. Hopefully it is still silly accurate. I am really excited about the shorter barrel. It is about the same length as it was with the 28" barrel plus brake. Makes it way more manageable.

That's awesome, I would give up the velocity for a shorter rifle all day long, especially if it meant you would be able to use it suppressed.

 

[gregsjt]

I don't know why anyone would want to pack around a gun with a barrel longer than 26". Even 26" is long, 20" to 22" would be ideal. We have these wonderful scopes with super precise and repeatable adjustments, we have bullets with extremely high ballistic coefficients, and we also have these laser range finders that allow us to know exactly how far we are shooting. Yet guys still think that having the fastest magnum is paramount. Sorry, but the days of needing a super flat trajectory are gone, we don't care what the point blank range is. What do those high velocities from super long barrels really get you? A few less clicks on your scope? Sorry, that's not worth it.

 

[bretterath]

What's the weight on that rifle? Is that a Titanium Pierce? Sweet looking rifle. Want to build another rifle similar

This is combat preachers 338. Fluted bartlein #3, pierce action, manners eh3. I have an almost twin to this rifle in 06, perfectly balanced setup in my opinion.
View attachment 109464

 

[ofbandg]

I use a custom Mauser in 338-06 with a 22in barrel and scoped with a Leupold VXR 2-7. For deer size game I use Nosler 180 grain Accubond at 3000fps. It is deadly accurate, easy to carry, and hits hard. My wife uses a Tikka T3 stainless in 338 Federal which is also easy to carry and deadly accurate. For larger game, (elk and moose), she also uses the 180 Accubond and for deer size game she uses the 160 grain Barnes TTSX at over 3000fps. Both rifles have been trimmed to fit with Limbsaver pads attached and are easy to shoot. The heaviest bullet I have ever used with my 338-06 is the Nosler 210 Partition and I didn't feel under gunned even in Grizzly country.