338 Lapua rifle during an altercation in the sandbox. 338 Lapua cartridge is now in the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest sniper shot.Ī British sniper named Craig Harrison fired three shots with his Accuracy International. 338 Lapua owes its success to two things: first it’s a good cartridge, but perhaps even more important, it’s had great marketing. 338 Lapua is easy on the shooter with mild recoil and muzzle blast. With that weight class and a good muzzle brake, the. 338 Lapua rifles weigh less than 20 pounds so they are easily transported. The Lapua splits the difference and has proven that a big, heavy, high B.C. 308 Winchester, which is running out of steam at 1,000 yards and is completely outclassed at 1,500 yards. On the other end of the sniper cartridge spectrum is the.
That kind of blast level can wear on a shooter after multiple shots. Once I witnessed ammo boxes being blown off the bench along with a bag of potato chips turned into airborne confetti. I have seen the muzzle brake on a fifty clear a shooting bench, even send a chronograph flying. 50 BMG is not much fun to shoot for extended periods of time with all the blast and recoil. Weatherby Mark V Sub-MOA Threat Response rifle features an oversize bolt handle for ease of operation That’s because for shooting at ultra-long range, 1,000 yards and beyond, many believe it’s the cartridge that best achieves balance. 338 Lapua has emerged as the premier long-range sniper rifle cartridge. Now it starts getting interesting for a lot of shooters at 1,500 yards.
It wasn’t so long ago that we thought 500 yards was “long range.” Then 1,000 yards became the new normal. American shooters are fascinated with the concept of reaching out and smacking targets so far away that they clang with a different accent. Rifle shooting seems to go in phases in America, and right now it’s long-range shooting’s time to shine.
338-378 load can blow the socks off anything else at ultra-long range 50 BMG, but the Weatherby Mark V TRR and their.
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