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This limited run of SAKO TRG-42s chambered in 338 Lapua comes packaged with SAKO's removable Picatinny Rail. This addition was added at the factory and only a small quantity were shipped to the U.S.. These rifles have a unique product code and UPC not listed in any Beretta catalog or website. this makes these rifles very unique items.

Specifiations:

27 1/8 inch barrel (1:12 twist) -- Green Adjustable Stock -- Adjustable Stock (adjustable for Pull Length and Comb Height) -- 5 Round detachable magaxine-- Picatinny Rail

What is a 338 Lapua ?

The .338 Lapua Magnum (8.6x70 mm or 8.58x70mm) is a specialized rimless bottlenecked centerfire cartridge developed for military long-range sniper rifles. The Afghanistan warand Iraq War made it a combat-proen round with ready and substantial ammunition availability. the .338 Lapua is a dual purpose anti-personnel and anti-material round.

The loaded cartridge is 14.93 mm(0.5878 in) in diameter (rim) and 93.5 mm long. It can penetrate better-than-standard military body armour at ranges up to 1000 meters (1094 yd) and has a maximum effective range of about 1750 meters

The .338 Lapua Magnum is considered an ideal military long-range anti-personnel cartridge by long-range sniping specialists like John D. Taylor and Dean Michaelis. It fills the gap between weapons chambered for standard military rounds such as the -7. 62x5 1 mm and Iarge, weighty rifles firing the 50 BMG cartridge. It also offers a tolerable amount of barrel wear. which is important to military snipers who tend to fire thousands of rounds in practice every year to acquire and maintain expert long-range markmanship.

Ballistic performance of the .338 Lapua Magnum

For a typical .338 Lapua Magnum high end factory military sniper rifle like SAKO TRG-42 with a 690 mm (27.17 in) long 1 in 12-inch (304.8 mm) rifling twist rate barrel at sea level, 1500 m (1647 yd) is considered to be the maximum shooting distance for man sized targets when using standard Lapua military loads. The 16.2 gram (250 gr) Lapua Scenar GB488 bullet (G1 BC = 0.675), for which the Sako TRG-42 with its 1 in 12 was optimized, has a supersonic range of 1500 m under warm summer conditions at a muzzle velocity of 915 m/s (3002 ft/s). However, to be able to maintain over 90% hit probability on non-moving targets, this maximum shooting distance has to be reduced to 1300 m (1 422 yd) at freezing point conditions or 1 100 m (1312 yd) in Arctic winter conditions, when the muzzle velocity may drop to 880 m/s (2887 ft/s). Only during optimal warm summer conditions (muzzle velocity increases up to 915 m/s (3002 ft/s)) the maximum shooting distance of 1500 m (1647 yd) is realistically achievable.