And yet the. It originated from a U. Marine Corps request for a long-range sniping round that could penetrate body armor at 1, meters. In , however, RAI contacted Lapua to produce the case for the cartridge. Soon afterward, RAI dropped out of the project. By the end of the s, the. Without going into metallurgy details, staffers developed a case that could handle the high pressure of the. Initially, it was developed using a grain bullet, which is still the standard.
An important aspect of the. Although the. Sniper rifles chambered in. However, there were some disadvantages to. These guns are long and heavy, and the. In addition, it did not wear out barrels as rapidly. The latter is important for a military sniping rifle; trainees must fire many rounds to develop the skills necessary to use these rifles at maximum range.
Two companies involved in developing the. The latter was adopted by British armed forces in as the LA3 standard sniper rifle. And while grain bullets are considered standard for the.
But there are other noteworthy shots. In August of , U. Although intended for anti-personnel use, the. In an anti-personnel mission, the. Though some countries like the United Kingdom have adopted the. Members of these units might be inserted into areas of operation AOs by parachute, helicopter, small boat, off-road vehicle or on foot.
For example, the British LA3 rifle weighs The AXMC version incorporates a folding stock that reduces the overall length to 41 inches while retaining a inch barrel.
This version is also designed for use with a suppressor. Also very versatile, the AXMC allows a quick change to. It was developed to meet bid specs for the U. Remington was eventually awarded a contract for 5, rifles with suppressors. To enhance the usefulness of the. Of course, for all of its other advantages, the greatest appeal of the. That accuracy is a result of the care with which most. In addition, these scopes must have excellent optical quality and be able to stand up to the pounding of a cartridge with heavy recoil.
If you want to go economical, you can get cheap brass, use cheap powder and shoot cheap bullets. But what's the point of going economical with a cartridge designed for precision beyond a mile?
When you're shooting to m, you can cut corners, but when you try to shoot the same targets at m you really have to focus on uniformity and that means quality components.
Getting into ELR shooting is a commitment and ammo costs are just part of the price of admission. If the costs scare you or, more importantly, you don't plan to shoot it past m, then be smart and choose a.
You can still take it far - as in yards far and it's quite a bit cheaper to feed, either with factory ammo or on your own. And that's why you don't skimp on quality brass, because it'll last longer and give you more uniformity. May 17, 19 TX. It's really not that expensive to reload. Why is factory ammo sometimes twice that of the similar.
Let me know if you find out the rest. Shoottothrill Sergeant Full Member. Jan 26, 2 53 Arizona. The bottom line is that in this day and age ammo in general has become expensive. Today if you can even find components reloading is still cost effective, but not like it used to be.
Translate all this into the. Jun 9, 97 0 Indianapolis. I've also used Nosler brass. It's all expensive to get started. I'm getting quite a few firings out of each of them. I'm using Hornady match and R Like has already been said, there is a price for admission. It's not the worst in the world, but it ain't the best either. It's worth it to me though.
I love shooting this. Exploding a prairie dog with the LM makes me giggle. Watching someone who hasn't shot past yds bang steel at 1k also makes me chuckle a bit. This has introduced a few people I know to long range shooting. After they shoot, they "get it". Just for comparison purposes. Darkphage Sergeant Full Member. Feb 19, 42 Orem, Utah. Every niche sport I can think of is pretty spendy if you really get into buying the best gear.
My buddy just spent 5K on a semi-custom racing bicycle.
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