re: Custom .338 Lapua Help

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You sure you want a .338?


I'd draw the line somewhere around the .338 win mag for hunting. Good am8 mo availability and a great western big game caliber.

Hunting throws all this way off and really erases any benefit the big .338 gives you.

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Have you ever shot a 338 Lapua or a 338 Win Mag? The recoil is heavy. I can't imagine any reasonable hunting situation w/ North America non-dangerous game where the 338 WM wouldn't be adequate. Even then, I don't think the 338 Lapua would be a better choice.

They're also generally big arse heavy rifles, not well suited to hunting.

For long range hunting, I'd definitely lean towards a .300 or .338 win mag, or the new nosler 300/338 if you want a cool caliber.

Go 28 Nosler or 6.5 x 300 WBY

I dont think weatherby sells a 340wby without a brake. Being very similar to lapua on paper but offered in a great huntng rifle (mark v), I think thatd be a good option for OP to explore.

Anything in that class without a break is going to be brutal on the shouler. With a brake, itll be mandatory double ear pro every shot. Neither one makes for a pleasant hunting experience.

I really appreciate you posting that info.

I’d love to get into shooting more besides hunting but I fish almost every weekend it’s not hunting season.

Would enjoy having a good conversation about guns with you one day. Between my brothers and I we have some pretty awesome, high dollar guns that’s been passed down through the family. Even the guns we’ve bought ourselves as adults over the last 25 years still hold great value.

That sounds like a good time but expensive. I’d have to cut my fishing time in half.

My brothers father in law was the best marksman I’ve ever seen and was well known in the shooting competition community. He was an old marine Vietnam vet sniper. He passed about 10 years ago unfortunately. He left my nephew 6mm rem that he won tons of competitions with. He literally had hundreds of medals and trophies in boxes in a spare bedroom they had upstairs. You could barely get into the room without clearing a path.

He has several notebooks filled with notes on how that gun and others performed with x powder, grain, primer, etc. Even how the gun performed in different weather and environments. Barometric pressure, humidity, elevations. I know a lot goes into being that good but It was just unreal to see all the time and what goes in to being a tremendous marksman.

I’m sure no one uses a 6mm in competitions anymore, right?

Man, you want a .338 Lapua get you a .338 Lapua. Is it an overkill, absolutely, but It’s a fun/easy caliber to shoot and has great BC. Nothing like throwing heavy 1/2” steel plates around like they’re plastic. Ammo isn’t cheap, but can be had for less than $3/round if you look around. Id suggest an off the shelf gun to if it’s for you before dropping $5-7k on a custom built.

this thread lol

"whats budget"
"$1k-2k"
"rofl"
"ok $5k-7k"