input on a 338 edge elr bench gun

[ar10ar15man]

i build my own rifles.
just got hooked on elr br and have selected 338 edge as my next project.
i have brass coming and a couple of 300 gr bergers to build dummy rounds with.
looking at alex's stock but all else is open.
i like krieger and broughton bbls, but open to suggestions...length brake suggestion.
actions ? would like dual port right eject.

i have read much of the 338 stuff here and am interested in long COAL.
MAYBE 4 " ??
SPEAK YOUR MIND..i'll listen( no change in cartridge...338 edge it is).
thanks

 

[ar10ar15man]

i have read some brass is shoulder short. i was looking at a cheap bullet to fire form with and saw hornady's 250 rn. looks like it would allow bullet at the lands for a solid
fire form first shot.
comments ?

 

[Earnhardt]

Alex's stock?...
Pics or a link?
Thanks

 

[ar10ar15man]

https://www.wheeleraccuracy.com/rifle-components
go watch the 2 videos

 

[ATH]

Not sure what you are looking for. Clearly single shot, so go longest OAL you can for sure. Mine is mag fed, but still near the top of a Wyatts extended box and required extensive modification of a Stiller long action and bolt stop.

For a hunting rifle I went with a Heathen brake. For a bench gun I'd look at the Fat Bastard.

Barrel wise, mine is a McGowan and I took third with it in a 2000yd competition and mine was the cheapest gun on the line. The rifle just flat shoots, 1/3 MOAish just as accurate as I can shoot a 20 Practical. No problem with the barrel manufacturers you list, I just went with where I could get a prefit and install myself with a nut.

 

[ar10ar15man]

probably a kelbly's golden bear in black.
mag, dual port,
bat m is a close second.

 

[Rhovee]

Send Alex an email. He just built a 338 edge bench gun for a guy... Broughton barrels are awesome. I have one on my edge. ADG brass, Whidden dies, H1000 300 grain Berger. CCi 250. You'll be on your way....

 

[ar10ar15man]

alex BUILDS complete rifles, and i want to build my own.
so looks like i will just buy parts where i can and go from there.
i have chatted with alex all week.

Send Alex an email. He just built a 338 edge bench gun for a guy... Broughton barrels are awesome. I have one on my edge. ADG brass, Whidden dies, H1000 300 grain Berger. CCi 250. You'll be on your way....

 

[Rhovee]

Have you built rifles before?

 

[ar10ar15man]

yes.....
30br score gun,
6mm dasher 600/1000yd benchrest (2015 NATIONAL CHAMP),
300 win mag 600/1000 br rifle
navy seal mk13 sniper rifle
and other non-competition rifles

 

[4xforfun]

I had my own reamer ground and my OAL is around 4.1 with the 300 Berger Elite Hunter. It is a single feed affair.

Tod

 

[toddc]

I like a 30"+ no taper as big as the action will hold. Maker? Anyone building tubes right now can build a hummer. Find someone you like and call it good.
Action choice? I've built 3 Savage Edges that would hold under .5MOA past 1k pretty consistently for 10 rounds. All of them also dipped under .25 at times so I believe action choice is pretty wide open.
Stocks? 2 of my Savages ran Choates ( gasp) and 1 ran a homemade plywood laminate with about 12 pounds of lead fill. All of my stocks were stupid heavy. The Choates were also lead fill.
Depending on lead fill I ran them from 24 to as high as 40 lbs. Some say that with a good brake that weight isn't needed but a 40lb 338 kicks less than a 20lb 338.
Biggest nastiest brake possible.
Best brass possible. I went to Lapua as I tired of chasing RP and Nosler butter brass. This was before Bertram and others. I took every extreme step in reloading I could to ensure ES was nil. I ran H1000 , Retumbo , H870 and RE25 and looked for ES more than accuracy. Most loads would go sub .5 at short range so it's really just a game of ES. Velocity held around 2850 with the 300 SMK
Used 300 SMK exclusively as I bought 5k of them and found them to be plenty consistent at least in the lot I had. No pointing or other actions though I did weigh about 500 and decided it was a waste of time.
These were also my main hunting rifles. I hunt static from a truck so why not. I also shot them at everything. I would shoot hundreds of rounds a day at water turtles or rocks. Probably ly why I liked em heavy.
Kind of an unorthodox way to get it done especially running Savage actions but they all shot better than most humans can call the wind.

 

[TXAoudadKlr]

A Broughton 5C could be the ticket, I'm a big fan of bartlein barrels as well.

Brake as mentioned the fat bastard or T3 or T4 Terminator bake

 

[RandyinVa]

i build my own rifles.
just got hooked on elr br and have selected 338 edge as my next project.
i have brass coming and a couple of 300 gr bergers to build dummy rounds with.
looking at alex's stock but all else is open.
i like krieger and broughton bbls, but open to suggestions...length brake suggestion.
actions ? would like dual port right eject.

i have read much of the 338 stuff here and am interested in long COAL.
MAYBE 4 " ??
SPEAK YOUR MIND..i'll listen( no change in cartridge...338 edge it is).
thanks

McMillian Super Mag (.338 Rogue if you were open)