I was investigating building myself a long range rifle, came to find out that a Remington 700 action, with a modification to the bolt face for the extractor, can accommodate the .338 LM rather well, and a chambered and threaded bull profile barrel for the 700 action in .338 is pretty cheap. You could end up spending more on the scope than on the rifle.
Speaking of 6.5 callibers I've read that 6.5 Grendal is supposed to be an accurate long range round also.
I was investigating building myself a long range rifle, came to find out that a Remington 700 action, with a modification to the bolt face for the extractor, can accommodate the .338 LM rather well, and a chambered and threaded bull profile barrel for the 700 action in .338 is pretty cheap. You could end up spending more on the scope than on the rifle.
That is a very good idea. How detailed do you have to go into to modifying the bolt, we don't have but a few gunsmiths in this area and not sure about how good machinsts they are?
The only down side to the LM is that you have alot of ammo cost. The brass is really expensive since it's not widely available and it uses twice the powder of a .260 or .308 load. In todays economy that will add up really fast while you are trying to work out a load.
Yea it's not cheap, but I make as much as I did in today's economy as I did in yesterday's economy and it goes just as far. It's a far better round for 1km shots than .308, but it's not near the price of .50BMG.
Where is that range at?