The .338 Lapua Magnum (eight.6×70 mm or 8.fifty eight×70 mm) is actually a rimless, bottlenecked, centerfire rifle cartridge. It had been produced over the eighties as being a higher-run, long-vary cartridge for armed service snipers. Resulting from its use while in the War in Afghanistan as well as the Iraq War, the cartridge is now widely acces