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338 UM or LM

guapo

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If you were going to build a 1 mile rifle is there an advantage of going with the Lapua mag over the Ultra mag? This rifle is for a as of now, non-hand loader. Aside from the fact that for that distance hand loading is a must, what would be the other advantages???
 
Re: 338 UM or LM

As best I can tell loaded RUM is meant for big game hunting.

LM is geared more towards very long range shooing.

Of the two I prefer LM mostly because of the rifles that chamber the round and the availiablility of detachable magazines.

However, I honestly don't recomend either for a non-loader. They're both unreasonably expensive.

For a non-loader I recomend .300wm