Re: .338 comparisons
Thank you, I've read everything I can turn up on the .338, including the article you linked to which was great BTW. But other than one review of the Barrett 98B under poor weather conditions, I can't find much. I can't find anything comparing it side by side with the AW or TRG.
I did call Barrett after reading about the mag feed problems and bolt knob coming off and the guy I spoke to there told me that a few early guns had the mag feed problem but that it had been cleared up, and that the bolt knobs are ment to be replacable with anything you feel like screwing onto the standard threads on the end of it. He also told me that the barrel was a 1 in 10 and designed to shoot the 300 grain bullets with the most long range accuracy, but it shot the lighter weights very well also. He also observed that he had fired both the AW and the Barrett, and that the recoil from the Barrett was much easier on him, which makes me think that could be from the difference in the design of the muzzle brake between the rifles. That is another reason why I would really like to read about a side by side shoot off.
