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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.
This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name. Data values are the highest found for the cartridge, and might not occur in the same load (e.g. the highest muzzle energy might not be in the same load as the highest muzzle velocity, since the bullet weights can differ between loads).
8mm Lebel Revolver 8×27mmR Règlementaire Mle 92 [1] ... .338 Lapua Magnum: 8.585 (.338) 69.20 (2.73) ... .338 Remington Ultra Magnum: 8.6 (.338) 70.1 (2.760) 13.6 ...
7mm Remington Short Action Ultra Magnum.308 Winchester – considered interchangeable with 7.62×51mm NATO according to SAAMI. 7.62x51 NATO - Original cartridge.300 Winchester Short Magnum.300 Remington Short Action Ultra Magnum [33].325 Winchester Short Magnum.338 WSM.338 Federal; 8.6 Blackout.358 Winchester.358 Winchester Short Magnum.375 Raptor
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 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 ...
The PGM 338, also known as the PGM .338 LM (LM - Lapua Magnum) or PGM Mini-Hecate .338, is French sniper rifle from the early 1990s (being produced since 1993). [1] It uses the .338 Lapua Magnum (8.6×70mm) cartridge, which remains supersonic up to a range of 1200–1500 m depending on the exact ammunition type and environmental conditions.