This year i'll be using a 338-06 with 210 pt.
back-up a Rem 30-338 with 180's.
Good Luck to All.
Just a question - -has anyone tried to take an 06' and make it into an Ackley Imp. first then open it up to the .338 dia.
Also has anyone necked the new Ruger .375 necked it down to a .338 ?
In one of the new rifle periodicals there was an article about a .338 being necked up to a .35... The fps for the 250 gr was 2850 fps. I believe the .338 has bullets with better BC and SD
The BC and SD in both the 225 & 250 gr. Noz Partition in .338 is better than the .358
The 225 gr Accubond in .338 has a BC of .550 and a SD of .281.
From my 26" barrel I can shoot the 225 gr .338 at 3000FPS and for elk and moose it's had to beat. But I want to keep an open mind here. From experience with elk and moose I would find the 250 gr. Noz Partition in .338 hard to beat for either animal. If the 250gr Noz Part. is loaded to 2800 fps at the barrel it's packing over 2 tons of foot lbs. If it is sighted 4" high at 100yds it will still be packing a ton of fbs.
at 400 yards and only drop 12 inches... Outside of the African big 5 the .338 can do anything 99.9 % of all hunters in North America would need.
Some guys load the 185 gr in the .338 and love it as a deer cartridge.
It's hard to beat the .338 in the PNW, BC Canada, and Alaska. The Accubond in the 225 gr has a BC of .550 and a SD of .281. If sighted 3.9" high at 100yd it is right on at 300yds and down 10.8" at 400 yds and 28" at 500 -- -the bullets carrying almost a ton of fps. at 600 yds. The .338 with either the 225 or 250 gr. Partition has more ft.lbs at 600 yards than the 30 has at the barrel with the 170 gr.
In my book it's very hard to find a rifle that has as many applications as the .338 is it is made palatable to shoot. I've seen guys come out to the range --shoot twice --from 100 yds and the bullet holes were 3-5" apart and they were ready to hunt.
I can't blame someone who is recoil sensitive for not wanting to beat themselves up while shooting as it should be fun and 2-3 shots really don't tell you what you need to know. The obvious answer is a recoil arrestor and while they have some drawbacks, I have had them on 2 of my .338's, my .416 Wby mag (installed at the factory) and a .300 Wby... all 26 inch barrels and with the KDF they came to 27& 1/2 " but the increased accuracy and 50 -100-- fps increase more than made up for the barrel length as I never had problems with that long of a barrel, I guess you just get used to it.. I know that if I could only have 2 guns to hunt with one would be the .338 and then perhaps a .270 or .264 winnie mag.
Upward and onward.
Incidentally, I have taken several white-tail bucks (good sized) with a .338 winnie mag with Noz Bal. Tip 200 gr. ... in both cases the deer dropped without so much as a quiver, no meat loss, no undesirable incidents.
It's had to find a flatter shooting gun when shooting the 185 Accubond 200-Partition or the 210 gr Accubond.
While these weight bullets can be shot at over 3100 fps it isn't necessary for deer, and by backing them off 200 fps the recoil is reduced and the bullets hold together well. The .338 certainly has many applications.
