Just got a Remington 700 in .338 lapua

[jp8775]

I will be reporting on the performance of it.

[operator4]

Good luck with that.......!

[Cuda66]

You didn't pick up the one at Little Crown in Hutch, did you?

If you did, I need to decide whether I need to curse you or thank you...

[gunforhire]

Hold on just a minute here. you tell us something that awesome and there is no pictures of new gun??

[Seismic Sam]

First thing you'll need to do is put a brake on it. Trust me, if you don't, you'll never be able to fire more than 10 shots in a day. Seen some big young bucks at OGC try, and fail miserably. RAGGED is the .338 Lapua Magnum reloader around here. I'm the 338 Rem Ultramag guy with a full JP custom job on a top of the line Sendero SF rifle.

[jp8775]

Remington 700 police tactical, 26" barrel with integral 40 hole muzzle brake. Some famous brand stock I don’t know much about that or care, did not get it at little crow. $4.30 round to shoot. Once up and running should come and shoot it with me. Still waiting for the scope rail with a 20 degree MOA correction down so it has enough elevation to adjust the scope at 2300 yards. Maybe some day right?

[OldmanFCSA]

depending on scope - you will need a 50 minute base to reach 2200 yards.

i reload 50bmg for 3.25 per round using 2 dollar each 800 grain solid brass or 750 grain amax hornady

learn to reload - its cheaper and better

let me know if you need fed 215 primers - i have a good supply

[jp8775]

I will be shooting it at 1000 yds as I have a 1000 yd private airport at my lake home. 1MN2. But that is what I was told, there are scopes that will have enough elevation to get me out to 1700 Yds with 20moa correction at that distance and I don’t think I would ever shoot at that distance even. Sounds like you should help me break it in.

[OldmanFCSA]

I use Leupold Mark IV 8.5X25X50 mil-dot with a 20 m in base, it just barely gets me out to 1760 with 75MOA adjustment. I use mil-dots to goto 1.5 miles.
A NightForce 5.5x22x56 has 100 MOA on vertical, other NightForce scopes have less
Do your research before you buy.

No other scopes are recommended !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't care who you are, or what scope you want to use.

[jp8775]

I will call you, I have two classes this week end. I have been just burning out 4-5 classes a week. When I get caught up this weekend I will pick your brain.

[OldmanFCSA]

I will help where I can, but RAGGED would be a good resource too.

[RAGGED]

Well I hope you reload!

Like Sam said get, a brake (if it doesn’t have one), also stick with Lapua brass, I once asked John at Gunstop about the Hornady brass as its much cheaper his reply was you get what you pay for. There is a reason why Federal, Remington and others all use Lapua brass for this round, the metallurgy involved is very advanced and I’m just not sure anyone other than Lapua has proven they have mastered it for this round, you will likely get more reloads from Lapua Brass. I would go strait to the 300gr bullets, SMK’s are hard to beat for the BC and price, you should be able to run rounds out for less than a $1. I would try and stick with steel optic mounts, especially if you put a really heavy scope on there (I‘d recommend a Nightforce). Use steel or stainless rail, steel rings or a one piece mount made of aluminum, preferably with 3 rings. I would not want to run an aluminum rail or individual aluminum rings, might hold up for awhile but I’ve seen them distort after moderate use. The bullets in this caliber are so long that any error in concentricity is going to be magnified and thus manifest in poor accuracy, its very important that when loading you keep everything as perfect as possible. Neck tension seems to be very important if you are looking for max accuracy, anneal every 2-3 firings if possible and consider spending the extra coin on some high end Redding Match dies if you can. I’ve been pretty happy with Retumbo but H1000 is pretty popular as well, 4831SC works well with the 250gr bullets.

They are fun toys, always seem to draw a crowd at the range, there is no mistaking them for a 308 when you light them off, anything lighting 90-100 grains of powder tends to rock the world of anyone near by.


We demand pics of said rifle!

[Seismic Sam]

Actually, if you really want 1,000 yard match accuracy, you are going to HAVE to buy both the Redding presision resizing die and the precision seating die. Redding Type S neck dies do NOT and can not guarantee you concentric reformed cases. Same goes true for a lot of other dies. You will also need an RCBS Case-Master to measure the runout on the case necks and finished ammo, and both runouts should be 1 mil or less. In addition, you are going to have to figure out the art of bore seating those big 300 SMK's ten or 20 mils off the lands of the rifle, and that is an art in itself. This will make the ammo longer than the mag (3.6") so the gun will be a sinle shot, but who really cares? You can't rattle off 4 quick shots with a gun like this without the barrel getting hot, and possibly changing the point of aim. If the barrel hasn't been cryoed, that needs to be done too. Welcome to the world of big bore accuracy!

[jp8775]

I am going out today hopefully to start breaking in the barrel. I picked up 3 boxes of PPU 250's and 2 boxes of hornady 250's. I will run about 3-4 rounds today at least. 1 round clean and copper, do the same 3-4 times as I have done in my other LR rifles. Just want to hear it go bang right?

[justaguy]

Keep us posted.