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The .338 Lapua Magnum

By Millard Hiner

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Here is a cartridge that has real stopping power. The .338 caliber Lapua magnum cartridge is awesome. This cartridge was originally developed by the U.S. military, but has now become popular with hunters and civilian long-range shooting enthusiasts. Even though this cartridge is now available to the public make no mistake this is combat proven and was developed for sniper rifles used the Afghanistan and Iraqi wars.

This is a cartridge that features a specialized rimless bottleneck and is center fire. This thing is an intense killing tool for anyone looking to do some long range hunting. It can pierce better than standard military body amour at distances up to 1000 meters!! So imagine how it could tear through a bear. Hunters use this bad boy to hunt the largest game around and it can take down a rhinoceros or an elephant. When you point one these at something you are not messing around, but it is suggested that you carry something with higher caliber as backup if you go after these sub Saharan game animals.

The muzzle velocity varies on the load in the cartridge and the one available commercially has 16.2 grams of load that will spend the bullet flying at about 2800-3000 feet per second. This bullet is excellent choice for any one looking to get the most out their Sako TRG-42 sniper riffle. The Lapua .338 magnum has been very successful commercially and has been used as the parent case for the .300 caliber version. These are mostly the same, but the .300 caliber is slimmed down. The .300 is not yet available, but is used by some crazy shooters that like to reshape their own bullets and use the .338 case. That personally scares me, and suggests major caution in doing this.

These cartridges are excellent choices for anyone looking to enjoy some long range sniper target practice. The Lapua .338 magnum is created by the Finnish company Lapua and is considered to be in the "family "of super magnum rifle cartridges. Pretty much you could trust my opinion about these cartridges being good, but we believe the best recommendation is the fact that the boys of the U.S. military have chosen this cartridge for the struggles in the Middle East is the most important indication that this is a superior product. Any Hunter will not be disappointed by the accuracy, power and muzzle speeds of the Lapua .338 magnum sniper rifle cartridge. Everyone should have the chance at least once to send one these screaming down range and have the satisfaction of hitting the target dead on, every time.

This article by Millard Hiner describes in detail the specs and history of the .338 Lapua Magnum cartridge and his website, gunsammo.ws, details almost all of the center fire cartridges use use today.

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