Re: Can a small shank handle super mag caliber
I too am considering this same build with a 338 Edge on a single shot action. And there is all this talk about "meat on the barrel/actions" etc... I was looking more at the bolt head, is it up to the task of taking that much punishment. I don't know enough about this so this is purely a question. What are the chances of bolt lugs and/or the lugs they mate into in the action failing. I would be more worried about a kaboom coming backwards towards me than a barrel coming apart. I have seen the aftermath of that happening on a custom build 50 BMG.
Both scenarios would be an ordeal to go through but steel going sideways would be much better than steel coming back across my face, neck and shoulder.
Re: Can a small shank handle super mag caliber
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Originally Posted by mopar440
338 edge is faster than 338 Lapua
As a general statement I don't believe this, on a rifle by rifle basis maybe.
The Weatherby is capable of going faster, it has the capacity, but in a comparison with equal brass life probably not by much.
Re: Can a small shank handle super mag caliber
As you think and move into the purchase stage maybe one can evaluate or simplify things by putting the 300WSM into the mix.
The 300 WSM runs at the same pressures as the 300 RUM. The Edge uses the 300 RUM case. Though I am not running even near 65,000 pounds of pressure in my Edge I could as both the WSM and RUM cases were designed to function at higher pressures.
I might add for safety reasons that I would want a 4-5 inch tenon area on the breach end of the RUM barrel. One can safely get along with a good inch shorter tenon area with the WSM cases.
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Neal
Re: Can a small shank handle super mag caliber
"I might add for safety reasons that I would want a 4-5 inch tenon area on the breach end of the RUM barrel. One can safely get along with a good inch shorter tenon area with the WSM cases."
Pardon my ignorance. What exactly do you mean by tenon area?
Re: Can a small shank handle super mag caliber
The threaded end of the barrel is what I am referring too. Leave the barrel at it's max thickness for the afore mentioned distance to handle the cartridge pressure before contouring down to the muzzle thickness.
Neal
Re: Can a small shank handle super mag caliber
I see. In other words keep the barrel contour the size of the threaded shank for several inches before turning down to a smaller profile?