From a hunting perspective, this is completely silly, but after I wrote my original article on 338 Lapua, I had multiple people contact me and ask that magical question, “what if you go bigger?”. Well, 50 BMG is about as big as you’re going to get, and while 338 Lapua is capable of taking all [...]
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Popular Hunting Cartridge Ballistics Shootout
Looking at getting a rifle in a different caliber, or looking at getting your first rifle? The array and names of the cartridges can be confusing. Is a 308 bigger than a 30 “ought six”? Is a 7mm bigger than a 9mm pistol? The makers of these different cartridges sure haven’t made it easy to [...]
338 Win Mag vs 338 Lapua Mag
I’ve found a lot of people finding my site when searching for differences between the 338 winchester magnum and the 338 Lapua Magnum and I wasn’t too pleased with some of the other results, so I thought I’d lay out all the differences in one spot. Performance The primary difference between the 338 Win mag [...]
Reloading for 7mm-08 Remington
The 7m-08 achieved factory adoption in 1980, but a lot of its popularity has seemed to be within the last 10 years. It really seems to be in its element as an accurate, very reasonable deer round. You’re pretty likely to find 7mm-08 in a medium sized hunting shop, but finding it within a smaller [...]
Reloading for the 338 Lapua Magnum
Reloading for the 338 Lapua is much like reloading for any other cartridge, but certain exceptions are out there. As with any reloading information you find on the internet, you assume your own risk. Use your head and a few reloading manuals. The Best Hunting Bullets for the 338 Lapua Mag Most of the bullets [...]
Trimming Cases with the Lee Case Trimmer
The Lee precision case trimmer is the most inexpensive case trimming solution commonly available today. It consists of a standard cutter and lock stud along with a case specific pilot and shell holder. The cutter and lock stud come with the Lee Anniversary set, while the pilot and shell holders come cartridge specific for a [...]
