I was talking to a buddy last night + he told me that the military is in the works of making a new belt-fed LMG in 338 Lapua. It would be impressive even if expensive. The plus side of this for us reloaders is a source of bulk brass. Does anyone know anything about this?

So:

FN Minimi will remain
Maximi will be renamed to Mediummi
And new Maximi will be .338

All clear :-)

Seriously what will be the main purpose of .338 LMG? Just to fill the gap between 7.62 and .50?

Jiri

Higher velocity, flatter trajectory, enhanced armor penetration. Remember that the 50 dates from 1918. It's just a big 30-06 in design.