Cheap 338 lapua rifles
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https://www.basspro.ca/p/savage-110-elite-precision-bolt-action-rifle
I would buy this, install a premium custom hand lapped prefit yourself for another $1000 and it will shoot the same as the $6500 Cadex that uses Bartlien.
JC Custom Barrels will do prefits in any of their contours up to 30 inches.
JC will also use customer reamers. If you handload the 338 Lapua Ackley Improved is widely regarded as easy to tune and very accurate.
300’s at 3000fps is common out of 30 inches.
I shoot three custom barrels to 1000 in three guns with five stocks. 2 aluminum chassis, wood, fiberglass composite and fiberthane composite.
The barrels are significant. The stocks are not.
$1.30 for 300 Lapua hpbt
1.03 for 90 grains of the VV N-5xx line.
$0.25 primer.
$.25 for Lapua brass at $5/twenty reloads.
$2.83 per to reload 338Lap.
I would buy this, install a premium custom hand lapped prefit yourself for another $1000 and it will shoot the same as the $6500 Cadex that uses Bartlien.
JC Custom Barrels will do prefits in any of their contours up to 30 inches.
JC will also use customer reamers. If you handload the 338 Lapua Ackley Improved is widely regarded as easy to tune and very accurate.
300’s at 3000fps is common out of 30 inches.
I shoot three custom barrels to 1000 in three guns with five stocks. 2 aluminum chassis, wood, fiberglass composite and fiberthane composite.
The barrels are significant. The stocks are not.
$1.30 for 300 Lapua hpbt
1.03 for 90 grains of the VV N-5xx line.
$0.25 primer.
$.25 for Lapua brass at $5/twenty reloads.
$2.83 per to reload 338Lap.
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Urbanhuntr
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If your planning on getting into a 338 lapua don't cheap out. Do your research, read reviews. 338 is a big gun with ton recoil. Lol
Cheap and 338LM don't fit in the same sentence. I am not sure what a 112 costs in CND dollars.
A Savage 110 FCP Law enforcement with HS precision stock is 1800 and then add a 2k NightForce and your tickling 4k.
Then you buy dies, bullets and once fired brass.
A Savage 110 FCP Law enforcement with HS precision stock is 1800 and then add a 2k NightForce and your tickling 4k.
Then you buy dies, bullets and once fired brass.
If you’re only getting five reloads from Lapua brass something is very very wrong.
A neighbour has the Savage BA Tactical, 338 Lapua. 5rd mag. Super easy to load the mag too. Made from ‘09-15. Accuracy was pretty good for a factory gun and ammo at 1100 yards. Noisy but less kick than his TC Arms 300Win mag.
A neighbour has the Savage BA Tactical, 338 Lapua. 5rd mag. Super easy to load the mag too. Made from ‘09-15. Accuracy was pretty good for a factory gun and ammo at 1100 yards. Noisy but less kick than his TC Arms 300Win mag.
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ive fired a 112 in 338LM. Very nice rifle.
BUT, maybe its just me getting old and fragile. I did not find it enjoyable at all, even with the big muzzle brake on the end. For me, firing a 300wm without a brake is my limit for recoil and enjoyability.
So if you're familiar with the 338LM and like it, i'd say the savage 112 is a great bargain. But if you havent fired a 338LM before, try before you buy.
BUT, maybe its just me getting old and fragile. I did not find it enjoyable at all, even with the big muzzle brake on the end. For me, firing a 300wm without a brake is my limit for recoil and enjoyability.
So if you're familiar with the 338LM and like it, i'd say the savage 112 is a great bargain. But if you havent fired a 338LM before, try before you buy.
What are you mainly doing with it? Hunting, targets , long range targets? I have 2 338 lapua’s one fierce and one antler arms, i use the fierce for hunting, haven’t shot the antler yet, my buddy has a savage 112 BA I think it’s called but it’s not really a hunting rig, very heavy, anyways just curious on the usage plan
If you're going to re-barrel I'd get a .300 Norma mag instead of a .338 Lapua, it's flatter 2000 yds and in and quite enjoyable to shoot in a heavier, braked setup.
I'd also definitely have an intended use for it though. Depending on what the terrain is like out your way, not much sense getting into a 300NM or 338LM unless you're intending to shoot 1500yds+ on the routine. If your long range spots/targets have backstops that allow for easily spotting splash you'd be better served getting into a 6.5 Creed or similar (if you don't already have one) if you're going to be shooting mostly inside 1500yds.
I'd also definitely have an intended use for it though. Depending on what the terrain is like out your way, not much sense getting into a 300NM or 338LM unless you're intending to shoot 1500yds+ on the routine. If your long range spots/targets have backstops that allow for easily spotting splash you'd be better served getting into a 6.5 Creed or similar (if you don't already have one) if you're going to be shooting mostly inside 1500yds.
