[Renfield]

I always wanted a .338, but couldn't really justify getting one (there being no moose or Taliban here in Calvert County)....but I think I might get a rifle in that new .338 Federal caliber, if I can find one in left-hand configuration (Tikka/Sako makes one, but the stock dimensions are terrible)

[caver]

“The .338 (8.6mm) Lapua Magnum round has an effective range (about 1,500 meters) about 50 percent greater than the 7.62mm standard NATO round.”

That’s impressive!

[x1stcav]

One of the most accurate rifles I ever owned was a BAR in .338. I would practice on ground squirrels with it and it was as accurate as my eyes could use the iron sights...about 150 yards on a ground squirrel sticking up out of its hole.

[Travis McGee]

338 ping

[Jack Hammer]

Threads like this are always more enjoyable with a bit of gun porn. Here’s a place to start:

http://www.securityarms.com/all.html

Has anyone else got some good ones?

[P8riot]

Buddy of mine has an Armalite AR-30M in .338. I’ve fired it about a dozen times, It’s a kickass round, specially on woodchucks at 1000m, a bit of overkill, but a lot of fun.

[green iguana]

but find the 12.7mm (.50 caliber) weapons too heavy

Wusses...

.338 RUM baby! If I could just find a rifle chambered in it. Lapua cartridges are as expensive as .50 BMG! Here's a 950 yard shot w/ .338 Edge - RUM is supposed to be a bit better, but talk about splitting hairs. .338Edge

target is a white smudge in roughly the center of the frame.

[Joe Brower]

C'mon, folks, where's all the gun pix? $;-)

[wardaddy]

For hunters...

[archy]

October 9, 2007: The British Army is replacing most of its 3,000 7.62mm L96A1 sniper rifles with one modified to use the .338 (8.6mm) Lapua Magnum caliber round. The Accuracy International "Super Magnum" rifle is basically a L96A1 "Arctic Warfare" rifle modified to handle the larger, 8.6mm Lapua Magnum round.

In the initial buy of the .338 AW the Royal Marines bought 44, and the regular army 73, the Brits being tired of breaking firing pins on .50 M82 Barretts, whether that was a design or materials problem or was related to the primers used in the British RG .50 x 99mm ammunition.

The .338 *Super Magnum* versions of the AW are known as the L115A1 in British service, and the most recent series of telescopic sights to be fitted have been the Schmidt & Bender 3-12x50 PM II, also used by the Dutch, though the Germans use a 3-12x56 SSG telescopic sight made by Zeiss.

[Billthedrill]

Hmm...15 pounds is still a fair amount of weight to be humping at altitude but I'm not sure less would be a good idea. Touched off a 7mm Remington magnum that came in at a little over 6 pounds last summer. Solid recoil pad. Ouchies.

My hat's off to anyone who can hit anything in the Afghanistan hills. 1500 meters in the field is a far different experience from 1500 meters at the range. And you still gotta get there first.

[archy]

always wanted a .338, but couldn't really justify getting one (there being no moose or Taliban here in Calvert County)...

Better rethink your position. You never know when the Penn State mascot might get loose again.

)....but I think I might get a rifle in that new .338 Federal caliber, if I can find one in left-hand configuration (Tikka/Sako makes one, but the stock dimensions are terrible)

If I were in your southpaw condition [I have been, for extended periods a few times, from injury] I think I'd be thinking about a .338 double rifle....

[OKSooner]

The .338 Federal looks intriguing as heck. While it's a different kind of cartridge than the .338 Lapua, it is more like what the .358 Winchester could have / should have been.

Worth a look as a GP hunting cartridge, IMO.

[RightWhale]

• I always wanted a .338, but couldn't really justify getting one (there being no moose or Taliban here in Calvert County)....

  With the climate changing so much every day the moose could show up at any time. Be ready.