The information I have on the latest record holder and maybe out of date is a Brit named Greg Harrison shooting the Brits hopped up 338 Lapua. His shot was 2400 plus meters. Which is amazing considering The 338 Lapua is supposed to have a max effective range of 1700 meters. Wiki says the 338Lapua was developed in the US and that the Finns built a Sako to handle the round. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the FInns that actually developed the round as they are a tough bunch of cookies over there and in to long range shooting. By the way it is rumored that he was using a Schmidt & Bender scope.

I've never shot a 338. I don't like big guns because I don't like to shoot big game and I'm going deaf so I have to avoid really load noises. But when I was younger I had friends that hunted in a Alaska with the 338 mag and just swore by it. There must be something about that 338 bullet size that makes it so efficient.

Last edited by pooch; 06/18/17 09:12 AM.