The .338 Lapua Magnum (eight.six×70 mm or 8.58×70 mm) is usually a rimless, bottlenecked, centerfire rifle cartridge. It absolutely was made throughout the nineteen eighties to be a superior-run, prolonged-assortment cartridge for armed forces snipers. As a result of its use during the War in Afghanistan plus the Iraq War, the cartridge is becomi