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Practical, Tactical Or ? By Ward W. Brien
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<blockquote data-quote="985" data-source="post: 258596"><p>ALMAORFE:</p><p></p><p>The .300 Win Mag is what I use. My Tactical Rifle wieghs 19 lbs and I shoot the Berger 210 VLD's at 2849 FPS. With the Tactical Hunter in the article, I shoot the 185 grain Berger VLD's, which move at 3129 fps. If you wanted to go with a .300 win mag, I recommend either purchasing the SAKO TRG 42, or having someone such as Shawn Carlock, GA Precision, or Terry Cross build one for you based on a Remington 700 action. Custom actions such as "Surgeon" are awesome, however will not shoot any better than a Remington action that is blueprinted, with a squared bolt face, trued bolt and lapped lugs.</p><p></p><p>If you want to go with a .338 Lapua, my feelings are the same. Either a SAKO TRG 42 or a custom built by the builders that I recommended above. If I wasn't instructing "hunters" I wouldn't have purchased the Tactical Hunter and would have used one of my Tactical Rifles to hunt with last year. A 15 - 19 lb weapon system Slung up flat on my chest is just fine for me... The SAKO TRG 42 weighs as much as my Tactical Hunter; 12 lbs.</p><p></p><p>Now, there is a new cartridge that I shot this last year, and also took and shot at the International Sniper Comp at Ft. Benning last November. It was a custom built .338 NORMA, and it shot awesome. </p><p></p><p>The build consisted of a Phoenix Action with a 21" Kreiger SS barrel with a 9.5 twist rate. It was threaded and I did use a can on it. The velocity generated was 2690 fps with a .300 grain SMK and it was extremely comfortable to shoot and extremely accurate. I have heard that others are getting close to 2800 fps out of it with a 24 inch barrel. I would look into that. Badger Ordnance is now manufacturing an upper receiver that will work well with this or any .338 cartridge. IF I were to build a .338, it would be a Norma based on Badger's action.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="985, post: 258596"] ALMAORFE: The .300 Win Mag is what I use. My Tactical Rifle wieghs 19 lbs and I shoot the Berger 210 VLD's at 2849 FPS. With the Tactical Hunter in the article, I shoot the 185 grain Berger VLD's, which move at 3129 fps. If you wanted to go with a .300 win mag, I recommend either purchasing the SAKO TRG 42, or having someone such as Shawn Carlock, GA Precision, or Terry Cross build one for you based on a Remington 700 action. Custom actions such as "Surgeon" are awesome, however will not shoot any better than a Remington action that is blueprinted, with a squared bolt face, trued bolt and lapped lugs. If you want to go with a .338 Lapua, my feelings are the same. Either a SAKO TRG 42 or a custom built by the builders that I recommended above. If I wasn't instructing "hunters" I wouldn't have purchased the Tactical Hunter and would have used one of my Tactical Rifles to hunt with last year. A 15 - 19 lb weapon system Slung up flat on my chest is just fine for me... The SAKO TRG 42 weighs as much as my Tactical Hunter; 12 lbs. Now, there is a new cartridge that I shot this last year, and also took and shot at the International Sniper Comp at Ft. Benning last November. It was a custom built .338 NORMA, and it shot awesome. The build consisted of a Phoenix Action with a 21" Kreiger SS barrel with a 9.5 twist rate. It was threaded and I did use a can on it. The velocity generated was 2690 fps with a .300 grain SMK and it was extremely comfortable to shoot and extremely accurate. I have heard that others are getting close to 2800 fps out of it with a 24 inch barrel. I would look into that. Badger Ordnance is now manufacturing an upper receiver that will work well with this or any .338 cartridge. IF I were to build a .338, it would be a Norma based on Badger's action. [/QUOTE]
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