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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.
McMillan TAC-338 .338 Lapua Magnum United States: SEAL Team 3, US Naval Special Warfare Command, United States Navy: Iraq War [36] [37] 13: Corporal Christopher Reynolds: August 2009: 1,853 m (2,026 yd) Accuracy International L115A3 .338 Lapua Magnum (LockBase B408) United Kingdom: The Black Watch (3 SCOT), Royal Regiment of Scotland, British Army
To address .338 Lapua Magnum ammunition length limitations of the AWM, Accuracy International has since developed the AX338 long range rifle as the AWM successor model. The bolt action of the AX338 is longer and wider than the AWM, and the internal magazine is lengthened, allowing the unimpaired use of .338 Lapua Magnum cartridges loaded to the ...
Most Arctic Warfare rifles are chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge, but Accuracy International also made variants of the sniper rifle, the AWM (Arctic Warfare Magnum) chambered either for the .300 Winchester Magnum and the .338 Lapua Magnum and the AW50 (Arctic Warfare .50 calibre) chambered for the .50 BMG (12.7×99mm NATO).
The Whisper family was developed as a line of accurate, multi-purpose cartridges using relatively heavy rifle bullets for a given caliber in subsonic loads. [1] [2] [3] The intention was to create an extremely accurate cartridge family for military, police, competition and specialized hunting markets that could also be easily sound suppressed.
.338 Blaser Magnum.338 Edge.338 Federal.338 Lapua Magnum.338 Marlin express.338 Norma Magnum.338 Remington Ultra Magnum.338 Ruger Compact Magnum.338 Weatherby RPM.338 Winchester Magnum.338-06.338-378 Weatherby Magnum.338 Whisper.340 Weatherby Magnum.348 Winchester.35 Remington.35 Whelen.35 Winchester.35 Winchester Self-Loading.350 Legend
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.
The previous record of 2,475 meters (2,707 yd; 1.538 miles) was set by British sniper Craig Harrison in 2009 in Afghanistan, using a .338 Lapua Magnum chambered L115A3 Long Range Rifle sniper rifle. [7] Two of the top five longest recorded sniper kills were made with the McMillan TAC-50 rifle, both by Canadian soldiers.