An 18" .338 Lapua Magnum?
If you have a Desert Tech SRS A1 or A2, this is the most fun you can have with a rifle. This barrel has exactly 158 Rounds on it, all handholds, all Berger 250s. I can't find my test target, but it's a precise barrel as well.
I don't think the magazine ever actually had a round in it - to the extent it was used, it was used just to close up the mag well, because I single-fed everything into my rifle (I sold the rifle awhile ago, but held onto this just in case I picked up another one in the future, if that tells you how much I like it).
The TBAC .338BA Muzzle Device is not included, but I will include it for $80.00 (The muzzle device lived on a Barrett MRAD I had before this, so it has more than 158 rounds through it.
Let's talk ballistics. My middle-of-the-road load with 250 Bergers (2586 MV) went subsonic at about 1450 yards, which is almost exactly the same as a fairly hot 6.5CM 140Berger Hybrid out of a 24" barrel (2815 FPS MV). The difference is that it the .338LM is carrying 173% of the energy as a 6.5CM at 1450 yards (The .338LM has 150% more muzzle energy than a 24" 6.5CM). And that's with a 250 - a 300Berger Hybrid would outpace the 6.5CM by a long stretch. I never tested 300s, though, so I can't give you any real world data.
$850 Shipped CONUS.
If you have a Desert Tech SRS A1 or A2, this is the most fun you can have with a rifle. This barrel has exactly 158 Rounds on it, all handholds, all Berger 250s. I can't find my test target, but it's a precise barrel as well.
I don't think the magazine ever actually had a round in it - to the extent it was used, it was used just to close up the mag well, because I single-fed everything into my rifle (I sold the rifle awhile ago, but held onto this just in case I picked up another one in the future, if that tells you how much I like it).
The TBAC .338BA Muzzle Device is not included, but I will include it for $80.00 (The muzzle device lived on a Barrett MRAD I had before this, so it has more than 158 rounds through it.
Let's talk ballistics. My middle-of-the-road load with 250 Bergers (2586 MV) went subsonic at about 1450 yards, which is almost exactly the same as a fairly hot 6.5CM 140Berger Hybrid out of a 24" barrel (2815 FPS MV). The difference is that it the .338LM is carrying 173% of the energy as a 6.5CM at 1450 yards (The .338LM has 150% more muzzle energy than a 24" 6.5CM). And that's with a 250 - a 300Berger Hybrid would outpace the 6.5CM by a long stretch. I never tested 300s, though, so I can't give you any real world data.
$850 Shipped CONUS.
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