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Is the Rem 700 long action suitable for a 338 Lapua ?
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The good folks at Remington seem to think so as they offer it as a standard R700 rifle configuration.
I don't mean to be contrary but I think you are mistaken. Remington mentions nothing of ever cambering anything in .338 Lapua. And as a voting member of SAAMI I doubt that they would chamber anything for a non-SAAMI round without a LONG history in other firearms... Unless it were for a military contract. I know the .338 Lapua is up for SAAMI approval but they still list it as "Pending". They do not list a non-current-SAAMI chambering in any model I can find.
Also take note that the spec. for the .338 Lapua Mag puts the chamber pressure at a little over 60,00psi where most SAAMI rounds top out at 55,000PSI or less. With a larger head diameter AND greater pressure the .338 Lapua Mag delivers more bolt thrust than any current SAMMI cartridge. Will a 700 hold a .338 Lapua??? PROBABLY. Would the safety margins of the action be eroded??? There is LITTLE doubt!!
yes, they certainly do have 338 lapua 700s out there that came directly from remington.
Curious that Remington does not show the .338 Lapua as a current OR prior offering on there civilian, military or LE sites... I trust that it has happened but it obviously was not for civilian consumption. The case will fit and the action will hold it with a margin of safety. However, I think there would be more better suited actions available.
I have never understood WHY even someone like Remington, would put a cartridge like the 338 Lapua in a 24" barrel - it makes absolutely no sense....
DAVID
There is just no way that looks logical, or even right.
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I don't mean to be contrary but ... most SAAMI rounds top out at 55,000PSI or less....
So, I looked....
Wrong 'SAAMI'?)
Deltaenterprises, I'd like to think that anyone who can afford .338LM brass could spring for a MarkV action. (Show 'em you palm ...)
I asked the same question when I was visiting the Remington custom shop some years back. We were looking at the M24 SWS and I made a rather rude comment regarding barrel length. What I learned was a bit of an eye opener. I think if you do some checking you will find that the M24-A3 has a real kooky barrel length of less than 20 inch's in 338 Lapua. The whole issue has to do with dimensional protocols. Even with a full size suppressor they can keep the fool things under 50 inches for whatever type of urban assault they seem to have in mind and still keep a 250 grain slug supersonic at ranges closing 1000 yards. Very handy if you want to shoot car engines one day and guys on roof tops the next. Governments have strange people working for them and strange people make strange requests. So of course they build strange things.
The customer is always right, even if he is really really really really really WRONG !
There is just no way that looks logical, or even right.
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Back when I was looking at 338 Lapua, and even bought a few cases from Sinclair (live in person at Sinclair) Norma had 338 lapua brass for 1/2 what Lapua sold for.It would seem that Remington's interest in the Lapua waned with the introduction of the .338 Ultramag, which is ballistically nearly identical but shares the standard bolt face and feed lip configuration of the UM family. If one was a Remington 700 fan, that route would be advisable, especially since brass is more readily available and about half the cost.
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