Just want to thank you all for all the wonderful information that you shared. I bought the Magnum Research action, which is made by Sako in a .338 win mag. It will have a 22 inch Shilen (hope I spelled that correctly) barrel placed on it, with a custom laminate stock. I will probably buy a Leopold 4-12 x 40 scope. What is the difference between the Mark VII and the Mark III?

I will show you what it looks like when I get it, sometime in February. It should be awsome!

Again, thanks again. Hope I was not too much of a pest :-)

Have a great thanksgiving all!

Welcome to ARF Marianne. I owe a lot to the membership here as well, its a great bunch of gunnuts and a veritable fountain of knowledge.

You should have a real nice rifle when your done. Personaly i would go with a lower power scope. I don't want an adjustable objective on a rifle with much kick, my 338 has a vari X3 3.5X10 and I might switch that out for a 2.5 X 8 A lower power scope will have longer eye relif, and will hold up to recoil better...tj3006