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I just finish building this rifle and on Thursday I will fly with it to Alaska to deliver it to the owner. For those of you that like long range rifles here is what it is. Kreiger fluted 30", 9.3-1 twist barrel Defensive Edge brake Manners stock, pillar bedded Stiller Predator action Jewell trigger Wyatt mag. box, 3.850 in. Night Force 5.5-22 scope Night Force mounts with level and cosine Remington bottom metal The first five shot, hundred yard group was .385. My son shot a 3 shot group that was in the 2's. After dialing in 7 min. the 700 yard gong took a beating. It's a joy to shoot. 300 gr. Sierra match kings, 92 gr. of H1000 and a mag primer. 2830 fps. Just had to post this as it all went so well. BTW the guy in Alaska doesn't know he is getting it. It's a retirement gift. This should be fun..........Tom SCI lifer NRA Patron DRSS DSC | ||
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WOW, thats one nice rig!!!! He's one lucky guy | |||
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Your the man!! By the way, I should be retiring around 2035, please keep me in mind! Double Rifle Shooters Society | |||
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Does every rifle you build get personally delivered? | |||
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Awesome! | |||
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Only if there is hunting or fishing there. So far I have delivered 3, Texas, Alaska and Namibia. I will be delivering one next month to a Dr. in Namibia. On this Alaska trip I will be Herring fishing in Sitka Sound. It's a wild ride. We will probably catch 400 to 600 tons. It's bumper cars with 58 ft. purse seiners. My job will be video recording, so no one runs over our net. Lots of whales, sea lions and seals and great people. This .338 Edge is the only rifle I ever built that wasn't on some sort of a budget. It was fun to not make any compromises.........Tom SCI lifer NRA Patron DRSS DSC | |||
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I really think that you should try it in Afganistan before sending it to alaska! Doug Humbarger NRA Life member Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club 72'73. Yankee Station Try to look unimportant. Your enemy might be low on ammo. | |||
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Nice rig, very nice _____________________________________________________ A 9mm may expand to a larger diameter, but a 45 ain't going to shrink Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. - Winston Churchill | |||
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D Humbarger I would love to. Don't think I can get a free trip there at my age. But you could haul one over. SCI lifer NRA Patron DRSS DSC | |||
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That is the same exact load that I shoot in my 338 Lapua _____________________________________________________ A 9mm may expand to a larger diameter, but a 45 ain't going to shrink Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. - Winston Churchill | |||
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I just got back from delivering the gun. It was a complete surprise to the man that it was for. To say he was happy would be an understatement. I don't think I have ever tried to answer more gun questions in 3 or 4 hours. It was a blast.....Tom SCI lifer NRA Patron DRSS DSC | |||
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At the risk of starting a caliber war -- thoughts on the 338 Edge vs the Lapua??? -- trying to make up my mind on which way to go G OMG!-- my bow is "pull-push feed" - how dreadfully embarrasing!!!!! | |||
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Which ever one you want. Edge is a little cheaper to build and feed and according to many slightly faster( 50-80fps) A Rem 700 in 338 RUM needs a re-chamber and a longer mag well. And now Savage has an accurate 338LM of the shelf. You could be a tad different and build a 338LM Improved and be faster yet--with supposedly great case life. Rather than building this time, I took the lazy way on this calibre group--a lightly used Blaser Tac-2, a real pleasure, with no constrution time. DuggaBoye-O NRA-Life Whittington-Life TSRA-Life DRSS DSC HSC SCI | |||
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In which caliber DB? | |||
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338LM (also picked up a .308 in a Blaser LRS-2, both accurate rifles and no lathe and bench time for me, gettin' truly lazy in my old age ) DuggaBoye-O NRA-Life Whittington-Life TSRA-Life DRSS DSC HSC SCI | |||
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I was guessing that, don't know if they even make the Tac Blaser in EDGE...I like the idea of the LM, how heavy is that rig? It's nice to have a rig shoot as good as you like without all the steps in between--prolly not lazy so much as impatient | |||
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No Edge Offered by Blaser. The 308 with the Leupold 10X and Harris and full mag weighs a little less than 14# The 338 with the 12-42X NightForce and Harris goes about 15# http://www.blaser-usa.com/Specifications.811.0.html DuggaBoye-O NRA-Life Whittington-Life TSRA-Life DRSS DSC HSC SCI | |||
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roger that, I was guessing 15 zone on the LM, sounds like a hell of a rig! | |||
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The .338 Edge shown weighed 11.2 lbs. without bipad or ammo. That was the main reason for the Manners stock. Once I had the parts the build took about a week.......Tom SCI lifer NRA Patron DRSS DSC | |||
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Wow. That should reach out and touch something..I shoot a lot of range with my .338 and yours should be just the ticket.. www.african-montana-taxidermy.com life member of SCI life member of NRA NTA Master Scorer SCI Scorer for Rowland Ward www.african-montana-taxidermy.com | |||
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I just got a report from the man that now has the gun. He set a target up at 750 yards. His first shot was on target 1" to the right. The ballistic charts I gave him must have been correct......Tom SCI lifer NRA Patron DRSS DSC | |||
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What is your velocity, and how is your accuracy with that load? Thank you. LD | |||
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Do you think the new owner might try Berger's new 338 bullet? Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my guns | |||
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Don't try the Bergers if you'll be pushing them real hard! They have a big nose-slump issue in my 338 Lapua Improved. As for the caliber war, I'd go 338 Edge or 338 Lapua Improved. It's easy to form cases, and the 338 Lapua Improved gains about 12% case capacity! Love shooting precision and long range. Big bores too! Recent college grad, started a company called MK Machining where I'm developing a bullpup rifle chassis system. | |||
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