Big Rig — .338 Lapua Magnum Improved for King of 2 Miles Match
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There’s a talented new team getting ready for the 2017 King of 2 Miles (KO2M) Competition in Raton, NM next month. The team features ace F-Class shooters Ian Klemm and Dan Pohlabel. Here’s a build report from X-Treme Shooting Products, which supplied the impressive XTSP action and two-stage trigger.
Big Gun for King of 2 Miles Event at Raton
XTSP: “It’s exciting — we’re getting closer to the 2017 King of 2 Miles match next month. Here are a few pictures of one of the rifles we will be shooting. Owned and built by Dan Pohlabel, it’s a .338 Lapua Magnum Improved. It has a 40° shoulder and we plan on shooting .338 Caliber 300 grain Berger OTM projectiles at around 3,100 fps.”
“We started off with an XTSP .338 Magnum receiver, custom-built as a single shot with a solid bottom for stiffness. We built +60 MOA rails for each of the rifles. Of course we’re using the XTSP two-stage trigger! We added a 34″-long Bartlein gain-twist barrel which is 1.450″ at the shank tapering to 1.2″ at the muzzle. At the end we added Piercision Rifles’ 3/4 x 24 slabbed 5-Port ‘Muscle Brake’. The action is bedded in a McMillan Super Magnum stock. On top sits a Vortex Optics HD Razor in Vortex 35mm rings. We’ll have another rifle just like it shortly with the machine work by Dan Pohlabel again. That second rifle will be finished up and shot by Ian Klemm of Vortex Optics.”
Here’s a file photo of a .338 Lapua Magnum Improved, alongside a standard .338 Lapua Magnum. We’re not sure about the shoulder angle on this particular example. For the XTSP project, the angle is 40 degrees (40°). Photo Courtesy LongRangeHunting.com.
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Great craftsmanship and a great shooting team!
Have seen this equipment at XTSP’s shop. Perfect workmanship.
I think the 50 cal is the winner this year!
338 is certainly a capable round; last year a 338 placed 2nd and 4th in this match, so it’s right up there especially with the 300 grain Hybrid.
no 50’s allowed, iirc the limit is .408″.
Love my 338 Lapua Improved! Way over 2k rounds downrange and shooting great. 32″ barrel for me.
Can you turn a 338 lupus magnum into a 338 inproved?
Was anyone shooting with a Desert Tech last year?
I know the winner last years shot a 375 Lethal Precision Arms or maybe the same as the 375 Warlord. They use one of our member’s cases, 585HE brass,necked to 375 and used Berger 400 grain bullets. A 408 version may be in use also.
Wish everyone well in the shoot. Hope I can make it next year, Who do I see about getting a 60 MOA Picatinny to increase my reach? Hoping a .408 takes it.
Is the action just 1.5 inch or is it larger to support all that barrel weight?
Its my understanding the King of 2 miles event is put on by the FCSA which allows 50 cal rifles to compete in that contest.
Absolutely, .50 cal rifles are allowed.
Will the and improved 338 Papua mag ammo still chamber in the standard 338 lapis mag rifle