First confession: I very rarely ever shoot from an actual bench. Literally 99% of my rifle shooting is done prone or positional. Just about the only exception would be when doing initial testing and initial zeroing like here.
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- Author Shooting on the bench.
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- The rifle is also not as heavy as most 338LM competitors.
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- It’s a very comfortable rifle that is fully adjustable.
What is, “initial zeroing”? It is also known as “getting on paper”. The 338LM is anywhere from $3 to $5.00 a shot. So instead of risking burning through even just a handful of extra rounds to dial corrections; we decided to shoot off a bench that has a loose-dirt mound behind the target. This makes seeing splash in the reticle super easy. Literally, I had an effective zero dialed in TWO SHOTS!
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- All the Blaser rifles are take-down.
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- Blaser Barrel / Caliber markings.
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- Just multiply these cases by $3 or $5. Sure you want a 338LM?
Second confession: I rarely shoot 338LM and I have little time behind the round. For my uses, I rarely shoot beyond 1000 yards, so I get what I need done with everything from 300WM down to 6mm. 338LM was always just tossing money and powder away.
Blaser Tac 2 receiver separate from the barrel.
However, as we alluded to in a podcast this past winter, we are setting up a long range facility on the East Coast. With zero infrastructure build out, the expectation is to easily engage steel targets at 1 mile. With some work, probably more. For our Common Core math users, 1 mile is 1760 yards. Good stuff!
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- A friend behind the Blaser 338LM Rifle
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- Blaser is topped with a 5×25 U.S. Optics scope.
So over the course of the next 2 years, I will need to have a 338LM ready to rock with 4 hours notice to test these ranges.
My life sucks doesn’t it? 🙂
Marky
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