338 lupua mag ammo

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Just bought a Savage 110/10ba in .388 lupua mag and Id like to just sight it in with some factory loads. Problem is everything i keep finding for sale is hornady and as some of you probably know, my new baby just doesnt like hornady's brass. It either is stiff to eject or the brass doesnt get ejected leading me to have to push it out with a cleaning rod.

Do any of you have some recommendations to some brands of factory loaded .338 lupua mag that is worth saving the brass to and isnt 130 a box (federal @cabelas) and if so where it can be ordered from

Thanks in advance

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I've got the same. Just got it back after blueprinting. Haven't fired it yet but have 100 rds of the Sellor&Belliot 338 250hpbt. Got it from Wolverine. "Internet Research" has said its not bad. Definately the least expensive.

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bush said:
I've got the same. Just got it back after blueprinting. Haven't fired it yet but have 100 rds of the Sellor&Belliot 338 250hpbt. Got it from Wolverine. "Internet Research" has said its not bad. Definately the least expensive.

Bush
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Works nice in mine when I run out of time to load for it.
 
Ya, i've exhausted the list of sponsors for cgn and you guys seem to be on the money with S&B. Picked up a few boxes, might get impatient and just start buying brass to reload haha. God is this thing fun to shoot. With me being 158 pounds, it pushes me back even when seated at the bench!
 
The S&B .338LM usually sells for around $30.00 per box of 10, which is not that bad for this cartridge. There are several vendors on here offering for around this price.

I've fired 30 rounds of it out of my Savage 110 FCP HS to sight it in and get used to the gun. The S&B ammo is fairly decent for accuracy for a factory round and I understand the brass is good to reload several times.

I plan to get into reloading this winter, so I'm keeping to S&B brass to develop loads. However, I was told that the Lapua brass is the best to reload. Treated properly, some guys are getting up to 10 reloads out of the Lapua brass.

I recently picked up 100 once fired Lapua brass from a member on here, Dizzy Dan 1, I see him posting up small lots of it from time to time on the EE.

I also picked up some Norama and Lapua factory ammo a few weeks ago, so I am looking forward to trying both of these out next time at the range.
 
I think my wallet got lighter just from reading the words ".338 Lapua" and "factory loads" in the same sentence. :)

I too have a 110ba in this caliber and have fired nothing but reloads through it. Partly to save money, but careful hand loading is the only way to reach the true accuracy potential and take full advantage of this calibers capabilities.
 
How does the chamber look? I've had two Savages that shot/shoot well but had/have tooling marks in the chamber. Hot loads in my current rifle stick a little, but down 0.5 gr and it's fine (and there's a node as well).
 
Lapua brass + reloading. This is not a great cartridge to use factory rounds for due to cost and availability, but the lapua brass works F-ing awesome.
 
What about just setting the barrel back and picking your own reamer? improved variant perhaps? Imagine having brass that lasts 30+ reloads. Maybe a bunch of you can team up and buy a reamer and have either mystic or north shore set back your existing barrels and also build custom sizing dies with a sizing die reamer made to spec for your chamber reamer?
 
Thanks for all the advice guys, Im planning on starting to reload right away here. just need find the proper sized gear. apparently more than just the ammo for this gun is rare haha

On a secondary note, Ive put 40 shots of hornady (285grain and 250grain) through her now and 20 shots of S & B and it was only the one round of the 285 grain hornady that gave me any issues.

Now the only problem Im having is finding quiet times to go to the range, people dont like sitting near me when she goes bang, I literally had to say "firing" before pulling the trigger on the last trip out
 
Has a preference developed between 250 grain or 300 grain heads for sport shooting at 800-1000?

I have the opportunity to buy several variants of heads but don't want to spread myself too thin to get working on a recipe if say 250 grain is what most prefer to work with etc...?

Just hoping for a bit of feedback from people in the know...Thanks
 
6167 said:
Has a preference developed between 250 grain or 300 grain heads for sport shooting at 800-1000?

I have the opportunity to buy several variants of heads but don't want to spread myself too thin to get working on a recipe if say 250 grain is what most prefer to work with etc...?

Just hoping for a bit of feedback from people in the know...Thanks
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Your rifle may have a pref for one over the other. If you can, get 100 of both (or whatever you think it takes). If not I'd get the 250's. Fifty grains less to launch may equal a little less recoil for you to suck up and therefore a little better shooting.

I don't have a 338, I settled for the kinder, gentler 300 WM so I can't speak from exp with your rifle. I do know that I shoot a lighter bullet better. I don't have a flinch, but I can focus on the target better if I'm not thinking of my huge head brushing my scope just after the boom.

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