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The Lapua Magnum

If you are looking for a long range hunting cartridge the .338 caliber Lapua magnum may be just your ticket. For medium sized thin skin game this round will do an outstanding job out to 500 yards. This is indeed a cartridge that has real stopping power at long range. The .338 Lapua Magnum cartridge outperforms most other .30 caliber cartridges at ranges over 500 yards and for distances over 1100 yards, the .338 Lapua Magnum proves its undeniable superiority.

This cartridge features a specialized rimless bottleneck and is centerfire. This cartridge is a powerful killing instrument for someone looking to do a little long range hunting. It provides excellent penetration and expansion characteristics at distances up to 1000 yards!! 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.

This cartridge is an excellent choice for someone looking to enjoy long range target practice. The Lapua ..338 magnum is featured by the Finnish company Lapua and is considered to be a “super magnum” rifle cartridge. 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.

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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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