Friday, March 07, 2008

Theo notes that the Brit Army snipers

are getting a new boomstick

And Blogger is bloggered, so can't post the picture. Full story here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Converting the available metric data in the English article to Imperial, the cartridge seems to be the .338 Lapua.

Gerry N.

Firehand said...

I've read some about that cartridge, seems to be a 'tween'; less powerful than the .50, longer range and more power- especially against vehicles/materiel- than .308.