Thread: .338 Lapua Magnum questions

Originally Posted by ARdave

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

Enjoying a 16 inch barreled 7mmsaum a lot these days, 3000fps with a 140 grainer and no problem busting targets out to 1000yrds with it. My 20 inch 7mm08 pushes the 140s at 2900 so the saum is an improvement there.

hey bro , neat little rifle. there i was just wondering for my own interest, how come you went with the short ultra mag and then cut the barrel and lost all that boost? isnt it loosing lots of the benifits of the extra powder n shit? like, if you cut the 7mm08 down to 18" or something and loaded it right up would it be pretty similar with way less powder? or was 140grs with 3000fps with and the shortest possible barrel the goal? cheers bro

Short barrels are cool.

I imagine the blast is hell of unpleasant though.

haha mint. be keen to try the same thing out on a 7mm wsm in future. 16" long range barrel who woulda thought!

Originally Posted by gimp

Short barrels are cool.
I imagine the blast is hell of unpleasant though.

Spanners - For somebody that puts so much work into the backend of the forum you seem intent on fucking it up from the frontend. I dont understand it.

Like so many of your posts, you're coming across like an arrogant, conceited, classless retard.

Come on man, you're better than that............right...............maybe......... ....

Hmmmm, I wonder how long it will be before my settings get all stuffed up again....................

Originally Posted by Proudkiwi

Spanners - For somebody that puts so much work into the backend of the forum you seem intent on fucking it up from the frontend. I dont understand it.

Like so many of your posts, you're coming across like an arrogant, conceited, classless retard.

Come on man, you're better than that............right...............maybe......... ....

Hmmmm, I wonder how long it will be before my settings get all stuffed up again....................

I'll stickup for my friends or someone I've never met if they deserve it.
You know fuck all about any of the history, however any time something arcs up you're straight in there like a groupie.
With your head so far up your ass, I'm surprise you can still manage to gobb him off

If you dont like it

Originally Posted by Spanners

I'll stickup for my friends or someone I've never met if they deserve it.
You know fuck all about any of the history, however any time something arcs up you're straight in there like a groupie.
With your head so far up your ass, I'm surprise you can still manage to gobb him off

If you dont like it
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Shades of the dark side apearing here

Originally Posted by Spanners

I'll stickup for my friends or someone I've never met if they deserve it.

Spanners I didn't mean for my post to start a personal attack on you.
My comments didn't just apply to this thread.
7mmSAUM is a good guy and my comments were definately not taking a stance against him.
I just feel that Grag Duley cops a fair bit that he doesn't deserve.
Like you I stick up for people when I think they need it.

I agree with Gimp. I come here to read about hunting and shooting. I think it's time we all ended the personal attacks and went back to talking about 338's

Originally Posted by Rich007

I agree with Gimp. I come here to read about hunting and shooting. I think it's time we all ended the personal attacks and went back to talking about 338's

The trouble is as soon as some one posts some interesting stuff he gets shot down IF he is on the wrong side of the "fence"

Especially if some one else can't acheive that speed, therefore according to them, with no real knowledge about the platform in question, they are exceeding the "safe" pressure & are a danger to everyone & are completely irresponsible posting those speeds.

This stops quite a few people posting stuff, technical, hunting stories etc.

With the Edge 2820-50 fps USED TO BE the benchmark speed with a 30" barrel.

I found out a wee while ago that is easily safely acheivable in a 26" barrel, making it a lighter more user friendly rifle with a great brake on it.

I hadn't tried up until then because I asked Shawn C a while ago now how much I would lose with a 26" barrel, he told me 150fps, 28-2850-150=2650-2700 what a waste of time so I didn't bother, now I can get that speed out of a 23" barrel.....

Things have changed & 2900+ is acheivable in an average 30" Edge safely, some will go faster.... some won't.....

My first 26" was happy at 2840, the last two are happier at 2810-20, accuracy is still nuts, just like the 30" at 2900 ish.


We will have more 375s to play with very soon from mild to wild, should be fun & will leave the 338s in the dust