.338fedfan

Great thread gunners! We have a lmt308mws and got THE LAST .338 Fed bbl from LMT. It's beautiful. Have been using federal msr rounds with great success. The LMT 20 inch ss barrel is showing great promise . Will try monolithic bullets like barnes soon. Any load info would be soo nice. Happy holidays to all.

Lmt barrel twist rates are .260 20 inch 1:9 5r, 7.62 NATO chrome only 1:10 rh & 1:11.25 5r stainless. My 7.62 is 16 inch cm w/1:10 twist. My 338 fed is a 20 inch stainless w/1:10 5r rifling. We got this rifle with the idea of actually someday building our own, and we are eager to learn.

Thanks for the great info on case differentials. I thought I did enough by separating by head stamp ,but know ol gramps needs to get a digital scale( please don't laugh), since it IS the 21st century.

Just ordered a .338 20 inch barrel for my lmt308mws I'm calling it my tactical big game rifle. Any thoughts? I'm asking because you guys seem quite familiar with this kind of setup.

I am new here and wanted to start an up to date talk about the different barrels and any load development for the lmt308mws. LMT advises 130gr. For .260 rem, 168 for .308, and 185 for .338 federal. LMT is offering a .338 fed 20 inch barrel for only $275.00 so I couldnt resis . I have been watching this forum for some time, and have seen how you treat greenhorns gently, yet not suffer fools gladly. I hope to someday enter MY LMT in some rifle matches and am interested in ranges of 200 to 600 yard ranges ,I think. Having been a garand man all of my life, till recently, I now believe that the ar 10 is ready to compete against bolt guns and win.