My cold shot rig is a old (now) Dakota Longbow in .338 lapua mag..... I’d love to have one of Malcolm Coopers designs but now that Uncle Sugar ain’t buying my toys for me any more I have to use restraint .......:o)
That Dakota Longbow has been rebuilt and re-barrelled 6 times in 12 years due the amount of ammo I put through it.....about 7000-14000 rnds a year when ammo was free. Tried Hart, Shilen and some weird German brand that an old GS weenie that worked for a S&W school talked me into that has held up the best.
BTW what is this new and improved from Ronnie Barrets little boy ....416 sumthin ???
.416 Barrett, cold bore hits @ 2500 meters.
Barrett's Model 99-416, the cartridge wearing the Metric System designation 10.5x83mm- Though it has the same cartridge base dimensions, it's NOT just a cut-off and necked-down .50x99 BMG case, but there's still room for 200 grains of powder or so inside.
With 400-grain bullets, circa 3,300 fps from a 29-inch barrel, 1/2 MOA groups, and supersonic beyond 1.3 Miles with a BC of .989. Similar to and competition for the 408 Chey-Tac.
I don't have one, and *probably* don't need one. But I've got access to brass and a pal's handloads, as well as his rifle and a couple of test fixtures, so I may do some playing around with the thing in the future. Just the thing if you have an infestation of pesky water buffaloes in the back yard!