Do you own a rifle fitting this description?

[diver160651]

I'm currently waiting on a stock from Manner's for a build that meets some of your criteria, but it will def not fit your budget! In all honesty the rifle from your original post does not exist, but this build gets close.

BGM (Defiance) LA receiver
Proof Carbon barrel
Manners EH-1 long range hunter stock
Chambered in 33 Nosler

Nice!

What is the customer hunting with the 338 projectile?


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[MongooseV8]

T-Rex

[diver160651]

T-Rex

The YouTube guy?

Ya, I bet that thing will be a beast slayer. Figured it was a moose build.


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[BillyGoatMachine]

Nice!

What is the customer hunting with the 338 projectile?


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You are correct in your assumption. Moose it will be and possibly Elk. Did Marc ever tell you about his moose hunt in Alaska last year? Basically how his 300WM wasn't enough gun for a Moose!

[diver160651]

Do you own a rifle fitting this description?

You are correct in your assumption. Moose it will be and possibly Elk. Did Marc ever tell you about his moose hunt in Alaska last year? Basically how his 300WM wasn't enough gun for a Moose!

Ya, Marc has some great stories.. like him getting shot in the ***, while someone was casing their 22 rifle!

He is another solid guy.


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[sigstroker]

Nice!

What is the customer hunting with the 338 projectile?


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(Gawd-awful movie btw)

That cartridge seems like overkill for only 1200 yards.

[isntzen]

I recommend you plug into a ballistics calculator your expected muzzle velocity with that barrel length and a typical ballistic coefficient and learn when your round starts going transonic. This will provide inside of that barrel lengths capability.

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[MongooseV8]

I dont think you will meet your 8" target @ 1200 yard 9/10 goal with a sendero profile Proof barrel.

[diver160651]

I dont think you will meet your 8" target @ 1200 yard 9/10 goal with a sendero profile Proof barrel.

[LynnJr]

The 9/10 and the extra 200 yards is the real killer at that weight.
If he wanted 4/6 at 1000 tards and a 10 pound gun before the mount rings and scope it would be a much easier fit.
I would opt for a 8 twist barrel and have it cut at 24-26 inches. Short barrels save weight but kill your hearing as all that hot gas goes out the muzzle.
The difference between a 22 and a 26 inch barrel in terms of weight isn't really that much but your giving away ballistics performance at the same time.
The picture appears blurry even though it is a screenshot but it's a 29 inch 7mm 8 twist blank 0.670 at 26 inches.

I think with the new lead free laws in California you will see more hunters going back to the bigger bores to take advantage of the higher bc solids.
This year I will be running a BillyGoat Machine 338 Norma Ackley Improved with solids on 120 pound blacktails. The cartridge will allow those long solids to fit into a magazine where the 338 Lapua is length limited which affects accuracy and performance.
And I normally shoot a 6mm-06 so that is not a small deviation.

[MongooseV8]

Lynn the projectile has to be lead free, AND on the list of approved manufacturers. You cant just spin up some solids on a lathe and go shoot a deer....unfortunately.

[MongooseV8]

https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Hunting/Nonlead-Ammunition/Certified

[Sutcliffe]

Agreed

Those requirements are pretty tight. Id say borderline unrealistic.

Instead of expecting the rifle to do all the work, maybe you ought to practice outdoor skills and basic marksmanship?

[LynnJr]

Lynn the projectile has to be lead free, AND on the list of approved manufacturers. You cant just spin up some solids on a lathe and go shoot a deer....unfortunately.

Yeah the better bullets are seldomly on any hunting bullet list.
I am running 26-28 inch barrels on my 6mm-06's and with a 107 MatchKing at just over 3400 fps the 1000 yard performance is outstanding. With the new rules in place I would need a 6 twist barrel to run the GS Custom bullets to get a like performance and that usnt going to happen.
I can run an approved 338 bullet at 3000 with a G1 of around 0.640 so I am close.
Not wanting to jinx anyone but I am thinking the deer are safer this year.