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Winchester Ammunition introduced two new loads for the .338 Lapua cartridge this year.  One is a competition cartridge, while the second is designed for large game hunting.

Even though I won Top Shot Season 4 and a pro shooting contract with Bass Pro Shops, my self-taught amateurness is often still on fully display. I recently tested the Remedy .338 Lapua Magnum by Surgeon Rifles, both with and without a suppressor. For those of you who are well skilled in rifle shooting, you may get a good laugh at some of the rookie mistakes I made on my day out at the range. It’s a learning experience, and lucky for me I like to learn whether it’s through my own mistakes, or through intelligent readers such as yourselves.

Polish firm OBR Tarnów has unveiled their new bullpup .338 Lapua Magnum semi-automatic sniper rifle. The SKW (an acronym for Semi-automatic Sniper Rifle in Polish) features a titanium receiver and a combination muzzle brake / suppressor.

The Desert Tactical Arms SRS Covert Rifle was definitely one of the niftiest guns at SHOT Show. With a short 16″ barrel, chambered in 308 Win, .300 Win or .338 Lapua Magnum, this gun has an overall length of just 26″. It is tiny but powerful package.

A Canadian gun retailer is expecting a shipment of Izhmash Record-338 rifles this month. The Record rifle is based on the military SV-98 sniper rifle.

The Marines are testing the .338 Lapua chambered TRG-42 rifles in Iraq: