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Offline jro45

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338 RUM shooting 225 noslers bullets
« on: September 23, 2008, 08:30:16 AM »
My 338 RUM will shoot a 225 nosler accubond at 3178 FPS. Those white tiped bullets move right along out of my RUM. I think they would make good rounds for moose. What do you think?

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Re: 338 RUM shooting 225 noslers bullets
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2008, 05:10:20 AM »
I guess no one else shoots the 338 RUM. No replies

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Re: 338 RUM shooting 225 noslers bullets
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2008, 05:29:58 AM »
I use the 225gr white tipped Nosler Accubond in my .338/378 Weatherby.  I am pushing them out at 3210fps.  Last November I shot a Cow Moose at 787 yards.  One shot, she flinched and turned, then stood still for about 15 seconds before falling.  Typical reaction to Moose shot at 80 yards with my .338 Win Mag.  Bullet did not do a complete pass through, but the near lung and stomach was badly damaged.  On this shot I missed my typical shoulder shot, hit just behind the shoulder, too high for the heart.  I was aiming for center mass, and that is where I hit.  Did not find the bullet but did not really look for it either.  I was happy with the result, and at minus 15 was not spending extra time just to find something that had worked well in my opinion.

I also load them in my .338 Win Mag.  All the Moose I have shot with them in this gun have been at 80 yards or less.  All have been pass troughs with no bullet to find to judge bullet expansion.  Both lungs are always destroyed, along with one shoulder.  I always do a center of the shoulder shot, taking out the near shoulder. 

They work well on Caribou too.
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Re: 338 RUM shooting 225 noslers bullets
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2008, 04:08:19 PM »
The 225 gr AB shoots decent in my 338 RUM, best 100 yd group went .567" at 100 yds. Velocity was close to 3100 fps with RL 25. Here are some recovered bullets from water jugs. This load would cover anything in NA or plains game in Africa.


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