.338 lapua on a mosin 91/30

[Davie Sprocket]

Bearhunter, wow. I am tryoing to source a cost effective barrel, but if I go with a blank I will need a reamer and gauges, but if I go with a chambered barrel there up in price. Got some number crunching to do.

 

[bearhunter]

Bearhunter, wow. I am tryoing to source a cost effective barrel, but if I go with a blank I will need a reamer and gauges, but if I go with a chambered barrel there up in price. Got some number crunching to do.

If you can't afford to do it, don't. As I see it, this is going to cost you close to a thousand dollars, if you can't do the work yourself.

Put an ad ine the EE for a used, already chambered take off barrel. It's likely someone has one laying around doing nothing.

Shooting the 338 LM is for someone with Sado-Masochistic tendencies. You have to like to suffer. If you want to do one, make darn sure headspace and chamber dimensions are tight.

I was in no way suggesting that you should repeat our experiment. It worked for us and yes, the rifle is still being used as a 458 Win Mag and yes, it is still a single shot. It gets used three time per year. All three shots are used for a sighter and a moose. The load has been cut back to reduce felt recoil and it's still brutal.

I called him this afternoon. Luckily he was home. He works away from home and is gone for two weeks at a time. We will be getting together this summer. He was a good friend and missed our good times, playing with old rifles and doing rediculous stuff with them.

He's changed a lot over the years, so have I. Hopefully not so much we can't enjoy ourselves.

 

[dero338]

I am not an experienced longrange shooter, but I shoot and reload 338 lapua for 14 years now
why, because I like the feeling of the big bang and blow up granit rocks
it cost a lot of money to shoot and I have stored it in the safe until I have budget gor a good scope
it has killed 3 scopes yet
so honestly, if you are on a thight budget, just forget about it.
but if you can afford a savage lr hunter, go for it , remoove the brake and you will have a lot of fun

 

[Davie Sprocket]

Bearhunter, its all good, your guys experiment will not be replicated by me. I am still interested in this project but yes the price estimate has continued to rise. One thing that has me looking at a project like this is the fact that it is home built, that it is very unique. I do not have a death wish nor am I trying to be cheap. Money is not the problem, I could buy a factory rifle or even one of the lower priced custom rifles, Its a matter of not being able to justify spending the money on a rifle I might shoot once or twice a year. I am interested in building this project because it is cool to me.

Heres Hubels super 12ga thread. He has some awesome posts of what there doing with some rifles, he has an enfield action converted to shoot 585e.
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?77687-12GA-From-Hell-our-12GA-3-3-4