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It is a beltless, rebated rim cartridge based on the .300 Remington Ultra Magnum [1] case shortened .090" and necked-up to accept a 0.338-inch (.338 caliber) bullet. The .338 Remington Ultra Magnum has a similar case capacity as the .338 Lapua Magnum [2] and somewhat lower than that of the .338-378 Weatherby Magnum. It is one of the most ...
The .338 Lapua Magnum (8.6×70mm or 8.58×70mm) is a Finnish rimless, bottlenecked, centerfire rifle cartridge. It was developed during the 1980s as a high-powered, long-range cartridge for military snipers. Due to its use in the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War, the cartridge has become widely available.
The LWMMG can be mounted on an M240 mount and costs about the same. While the company is satisfied with the shorter .338NM cartridge's performance, the gun could easily be converted to .338 Lapua Magnum. The gun's short recoil operating system causes the barrel to reciprocate, similar to the M2 machine gun. This combined with a gas system to ...
Large chassis version to facilitate .338 Lapua Magnum. Blaser R93 Tactical 2 (2005-) Large chassis version, available in .223 Rem, .308 Win, .300 WinMag, .338LM. R93 Duo Mod. Hamed Double barreled side by side rifle made to order for Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. [2] R93 Handgun Hunting System
Peterson's Rifle Shooter magazine reviewed the .338 Federal in a Kimber 84M in "Truly Useful: The .338 Federal." Chub Eastman of Guns & Ammo has an article on reloading the .338 Federal: ".338 Federal: Federal's first proprietary cartridge makes real short-action sense" Archived 2008-09-23 at the Wayback Machine (2 Feb. 2007). He also wrote of ...
The .338 Norma Magnum prior to C.I.P. certification had a shorter cartridge overall length (91.44 mm (3.60 in) compared to the cartridge overall length of the .338 Lapua Magnum (93.50 mm (3.681 in). The .338 Norma Magnum loaded with 19.44 g (300 gr) .338 caliber Sierra HPBT projectiles will have these projectile less deeply seated compared to ...
Variants of the company's bolt-action rifles use .338 Lapua Magnum and .300 Winchester Magnum ammunition. Semi-automatic variants are available in 7.62 NATO, 5.56 NATO and .300 BLK. In September 2016, the company began selling the M1400, a squad-level .338 Lapua bolt-action rifle that can hit targets out to 1,400 yards (1,280 m).
The MG 338 was planned to have a similar weight to the M240 but, with the .338 Norma Mag, deliver terminal effects on targets similar to that of the .50 BMG. [11] [12] Programs for acquisition of .338 Norma Mag ammunition began in 2018. [13] [14] Acquisition of the weapon system began in 2019. [15] The MG 338 was first unveiled at AUSA 2018. [16]