Remington 700 .338 Lapua

[JJB11B]

I was at Ranch and Home in Tri Cities today and got to look at one. 1400 bucks sounds reasonable. detachable box mag. But 6 dollars a round!? Are they friggen platinum core bullets? . I still want one, but I will never get to shoot it becuase I will have to get a second job just to pay for the ammo

[Bean Counter]

Wasn't the military considering the .338 Lapua as a new sniper rifle and decided on the .300 Win Mag in part because of the ammo cost?

[Jim the Plumber]

There are a few options for 338 Lapua ammo.
Black Hills, Hornady, PRVI all sell loaded 338 Lapua ammo.
If you reload, after the brass depreciation is figured in, it's not too bad to load for.

[carpsniperg2]

If you handload you can really down the cost of ammo for rifles like the lapua and weatheby cartridges

[JJB11B]

all I know is GAWT DAYUMN THATS EXPENSIVE. I would be Better off to pay the 650+shipping and have Harts put a .338 edge barrel on my 300 win mag. I re-load but talking to a couple friends they say the edge is still a lot cheaper and does great things.

[deerslyr]

Wasn't the military considering the .338 Lapua as a new sniper rifle and decided on the .300 Win Mag in part because of the ammo cost?

Not sure but I was watching a documentary on nat geo on the barrett family and apparently their making a new barrett sniper rifle in 338 to cut down on the weight of its a big brother in 50 cal. They didnt say what 338 but I would assume the lapua.

[Jim the Plumber]

all I know is GAWT DAYUMN THATS EXPENSIVE. I would be Better off to pay the 650+shipping and have Harts put a .338 edge barrel on my 300 win mag. I re-load but talking to a couple friends they say the edge is still a lot cheaper and does great things.

Yes the brass is cheaper unless you go with the PRVI, then it's about the same.
Not real good brass though.
The 338 Edge and the 338 Lapua in like rifles with same barrel length are same same for performance.
The plus side of the Lapua is it is a SAMMI spec round and there are factory rifles and ammo available for it where as the 338 Edge is a wildcat with no factory support of any kind.

[Biggerhammer]

.338 Edge is the way to go, I don't care how you look at it. It's flatter and faster than the Lapua. Hell, the .338 Ultra is faster than the Lapua. If a guys hung up on factory stuff then the Lapua is the way to go, if a guy reloads it's a no brainer .338 Edge.

Dies are readily avaiable, one pass through the full length die, with .300 Ultra brass and it's a done deal. For most guys shooting these type of custom rifles and cartridges. They are up to speed on reloading, Lapua brass is good brass but sure isn't the reason to choose a cartridge. The Remington brass is fine if you sort it and match prep it like most do to get maximum performance out of your custom rifle.

I sure wouldn't drop the coin on a custom .338 Lapua chambering when their are better performers in it's same bullet diameter than can be built on a Rem700 Magnum long action. Without having to go with a custom action if need be and then the hassle of the .338 Lapua case head diameter on a Remington 700 bolt face.

If your only buying factory then .338 Lapuas the way to go, you want max performance out of a custom rig, the .338 Edge is a very attractive option for the handloader.

I think magazines, movies and what not over glorified the .338 Lapua.

I think people just like to say L-A-P-U-Aaaaaaaaa.

Just like some people said shortly before I bought my First NightForce that they were over priced pieces of junk. Strange how I see Nightforces parked on top of their Lapuas now days.

Sometimes people just need a little time to catch up, ya know. Graduate from the .308 to the magnum thing for the distance stuff. I recall guys running little .308' s when we were shooting distance with .300 Win Mags. Said we didn't need those "Magnums" I get a laugh out of those guys shooting the magnums now. Just took a little time to figure it out.

I just have my preferences, I like them all. RUN WHAT YA BRUNG!