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.