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Posted: **Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:56 pm**

Congratulations Lee Rasmussen on a New World Record!

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This weekend at an FCSA event Lee Rasmussen set a new .50 record at 1,000 yards with a 5 shot group 1.95 inches. That is between .1 and .2 MOA with a 5 shot group! Congrats Lee

And just think, now they've come out with a routine 2,000 yard shooter: The .338 Xtreme Tactical, with its case based on the .505 Gibbs:

Recent decades have seen a dramatic growth in interest in long-range riflery on the part of military and law enforcement precision shooters, target competitors and hunters. Today, skilled shooters can make shots at a mile or more, thanks to advances in guns, cartridges, bullets and optics. The .338 Xtreme Tactical is the next evolutionary phase in the development of the ultra-long-range shooting system, and represents the best combination of power, accuracy, light weight and low recoil currently available.

THE .338 XTREME TACTICAL RIFLE

Receiver:
• 420 stainless steel, 44-46 Rc
• Diamter: 1.600"
• Ejection port: 4.49" long
• Bolt release: pivoting lever in left receiver wall
• Recoil lug: 0.250" thick, sandwiched between receiver and barrel
• Receiver drilled and tapped for 40-m.o.a. Picatinny rail (included)

Bolt:
• 4140 steel, 42-44 Rc
• Body diameter: 0.800"
• Two lug, 90° bolt lift design
• Lugs: 0.140" high, 0.775" long, 0.550" wide
• Extractor: magnum sako-style
• Ejector: spring-loaded plunger

Trigger:
• Rifle Basix adjustable, set at 2 to 2.5 lbs.

Barrel:
• cut-rifled, 416 stainless steel, 35-37 Rc
• Length: 30", fluted
• Rifliing: 6-groove, right-hand, 1:10" twist
• Barrel tenon" 1.125" x 16 tpi
• Muzzle threaded for Xtreme Machining 42-port muzzle brake of suppressor

Stock:
• McMillan A-5
• Optional adjustable comb and length-of-pull
• Optional QD sling attachment points
• Colors: Desert Tan, Olive Drab, Black

Single-Shot and repeater versions available
• repeater version supplied with tactical steel bottom metal and 5-round box magazine

Overall Rifle Weight: 15.5 lbs.
Overall Rifle Length: 53"

Posted: **Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:41 pm**

Nice , wow , I am not a distance shooter , but I have fired a few at longer ranges , It is just very impressive.

Posted: **Thu Aug 13, 2009 3:59 pm**

The guy must have nerves of steel.

Posted: **Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:44 pm**

How much do you suppose his barrel weighs? It looks like a sewer pipe.

Posted: **Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:31 pm**

moose42 wrote:How much do you suppose his barrel weighs? It looks like a sewer pipe.

I can't tell from the photo, but Lilja lists it's target barrel contour for .50 BMG as 1.75" for 7", then tapering down to 1.5" @34-36". Weight is 18lbs, 4oz for a 34".

HTRN

Posted: **Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:47 am**

It can't be a 2.5" at the muzzle.

Why?

Because it's a BAT action(confirmed elsewhere) and they're either 2", or 2.5" in diameter. Which means that at most, it's 2.5" at the breech end. And seeing as how it visibly tapers... My guess? It's either 2" or 1.75".

I think the scope is a Mark 4. I'm not sure about the brake, I've seen that model before, but for the life of me, can't recall where. K&P, perhaps?

HTRN

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