The .338 Lapua Magnum (eight.six×70 mm or 8.58×70 mm) is often a rimless, bottlenecked, centerfire rifle cartridge. It absolutely was developed through the 1980s as a high-run, very long-selection cartridge for navy snipers. On account of its use while in the War in Afghanistan as well as the Iraq War, the cartridge has become greatly readily ava