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skyline
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 Posted - Oct 29 2009 : 09:27:49
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4350 I had a very nice custom .338 Win Mag for many years....then, as I have mentioned before, my wife claimed it as hers. I shot a lot of game with it.....pronghorn, sheep, goat, moose, elk, some big bears and African game to name but a few. It is exceedingly versatile and has been made more so with the superb bullet selection we now have, which is significantly better than when I first started shooting one back in the late 70's.
I now have a custom .340 Weatherby based on a Sako action and have been shooting it for quite some time. It is just a little bit more of a good thing. |
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IMR4350
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Posted - Oct 29 2009 : 09:54:46
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Originally posted by coyotin
Nice article IMR4350. I too just purchased a.338 in the Browing x-bolt medallion, got the Leupold B/C reticle on it. I bought it in .338 win mag for all of the above good reasons. I plan on bear, elk, and maybe caribou hunting in next 5-10 years. I just wanted one gun in the rack for that.
Im still waiting to see how your load work turns in in the 225 grain accubond. Im thinking its gonna be IMR4350 for the powder. Im getting ready to order about 4 pounds.
A representative of Nosler is sending me 200gr Accubonds, 210gr Partitions, 250gr Accubonds and 250gr Partitions for my load trials (I already have a stock of 225gr bullets) and has ask me to use one of the above on a hunt this year and post pictures of my game taken with the Noslers and add it to my article. I will present aspects of my load work as it progresses. |
Since 1959 the 338Winchester Magnum has preformed without question on any thing it has been used on in North America. By: Mike Price |
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IMR4350
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USA
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Posted - Oct 29 2009 : 09:58:17
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Originally posted by skyline
4350 I had a very nice custom .338 Win Mag for many years....then, as I have mentioned before, my wife claimed it as hers. I shot a lot of game with it.....pronghorn, sheep, goat, moose, elk, some big bears and African game to name but a few. It is exceedingly versatile and has been made more so with the superb bullet selection we now have, which is significantly better than when I first started shooting one back in the late 70's.
I now have a custom .340 Weatherby based on a Sako action and have been shooting it for quite some time. It is just a little bit more of a good thing.
Yes skyline, the 338Win Mag really is a versatile cartridge for today and the 340Wby is as you say just a little bit more of a good thing. |
Since 1959 the 338Winchester Magnum has preformed without question on any thing it has been used on in North America. By: Mike Price |
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BISCUT
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Posted - Oct 30 2009 : 08:04:47
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Originally posted by IMR4350
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Originally posted by skyline
4350 I had a very nice custom .338 Win Mag for many years....then, as I have mentioned before, my wife claimed it as hers. I shot a lot of game with it.....pronghorn, sheep, goat, moose, elk, some big bears and African game to name but a few. It is exceedingly versatile and has been made more so with the superb bullet selection we now have, which is significantly better than when I first started shooting one back in the late 70's.
I now have a custom .340 Weatherby based on a Sako action and have been shooting it for quite some time. It is just a little bit more of a good thing.
Yes skyline, the 338Win Mag really is a versatile cartridge for today and the 340Wby is as you say just a little bit more of a good thing.
Then I certainly have some very high expectation for my 338RUM!!!!!! Just kidding. I haven't really gotten to my 338WinMag. She's a safe queen for now. |
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IMR4350
Advanced Member
USA
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Posted - Oct 30 2009 : 08:54:23
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Originally posted by BISCUT
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Originally posted by IMR4350
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Originally posted by skyline
4350 I had a very nice custom .338 Win Mag for many years....then, as I have mentioned before, my wife claimed it as hers. I shot a lot of game with it.....pronghorn, sheep, goat, moose, elk, some big bears and African game to name but a few. It is exceedingly versatile and has been made more so with the superb bullet selection we now have, which is significantly better than when I first started shooting one back in the late 70's.
I now have a custom .340 Weatherby based on a Sako action and have been shooting it for quite some time. It is just a little bit more of a good thing.
Yes skyline, the 338Win Mag really is a versatile cartridge for today and the 340Wby is as you say just a little bit more of a good thing.
Then I certainly have some very high expectation for my 338RUM!!!!!! Just kidding. I haven't really gotten to my 338WinMag. She's a safe queen for now.
A friend of mine at Nosler uses a 338Rum and it is really a big time hammer. But he says 25 rounds at the bench and it is time to quit, I can't imagine why he would say that :) |
Since 1959 the 338Winchester Magnum has preformed without question on any thing it has been used on in North America. By: Mike Price |
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BISCUT
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Posted - Oct 30 2009 : 13:52:16
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IMR4350 your friend is understating it! Big increase in felt recoil over the 300RUM. Took me some getting use to, thats for sure.
Over the winter I would like to take out my 338WinMag and really get some loads going for it. Really like 338's. |
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IMR4350
Advanced Member
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Posted - Oct 30 2009 : 14:11:47
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Originally posted by BISCUT
IMR4350 your friend is understating it! Big increase in felt recoil over the 300RUM. Took me some getting use to, thats for sure.
Over the winter I would like to take out my 338WinMag and really get some loads going for it. Really like 338's.
Cool, I will share my load work soon. I was just sent and email telling me my bullets for the rest of my work will be in this Monday. I can't wait!!! It will be just in time for me to get some of my lighter bullet loads like the 200gr Accubond and 210gr Partition done for my trip to Missouri the 19th -24th of November having opportunity hopefully for a shot on a big White Tail. I will also do some beginning load work on the 250gr Accubond and 250gr Partition. |
Since 1959 the 338Winchester Magnum has preformed without question on any thing it has been used on in North America. By: Mike Price |
Edited by - IMR4350 on Oct 30 2009 14:12:58 |
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Paul B
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Posted - Oct 30 2009 : 18:04:31
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Well, I have two rifles in .338 Win. mag. One is a 1968 model according to the SN and the newest one is an M70 Stainless Classic which so far I hate with a supreme purple passion.  My reasoning is sound, BTW. This was not an inexpensive rifle by any means and the cheap piece of crap Tupperware stock they put on that rifle is totally out of line for what they charged for that gun. 
For openers, I bought a .300 Win. mag. M70, a Walmart cheapie that had a genuine McMillan stock and a cheapie Simmons 3x9 scope. Price new at Wallyworld? $350. Another Winchester M70, an XTR model ran me $400 new. It too came with a genuine McMillan stock. Now here's that pricey Stainless Classic and it has a piece of garbage crop, this on a $900 plus rifle. Obviously, i have no p[roblem with synthetic stocks, but this overpriced IMHO rifle coming with that cheapest of stocks is to me a crime of fraud.
How does it shoot. Well, if four inch plus groups are your forte', then enjoy. My 1911 issue M94 30-30 will shoot tighter groups at 100 yards than that M70.
I know someone will say I'm flinching or some such excuse but this is not the case. I shoot much more potent rifles than that .338 mag. including the .404 Jeffery and .416 Rigby.
I have picked up a stock for an M70 XTR by McMillan and I'll probably see how it works out once I put a recoil pad on it. Currently the stock just has a plastic butt plate. If it doesn't make me happy in the new stock, well it and the 1968 rifle will just get traded off for something that will make me happy.
There are very few rifles I consider myself married to FWIW and probably 90 percent could go down the road and I wouldn't miss them one bit.
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BISCUT
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Posted - Oct 30 2009 : 18:59:47
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Settle down Paul B!! We all realize you most likely can handle the shooting. I'm in agreement, nothing is more frustrating than paying good dollars for a rifle and it comes with a crap stock. I feel that pain. Especially as a lefty.
I've had to buy certain rifles and get new stock to replace the tupperware!!!! I love McMillian but don't be shy to look at Manners. On par w. McMillian. BTW: About a month ago I ordered a Hunter stock for my 30-06AI and McMillian is quoting LE 2.5 to 3 months not the usual 5 months. So they are slow!!!
Also, on a nother note; my 338RUM shot 225gr Interbonds like crap until I had 100 or so down range. Now I'm getting 2 in 1 hole and a 3rd withing .5". I mention this because it's a SS barrel factory barrel and initially I could not do better than 1.5-2".
Due to the recoil mentioned and the fact that I'm taming this bitch I'm only shooting 3 shot groups. I know, I have railed that 3 shots mean squat, and I stand by it, but for this type of recoil I have to make sure I'm up to the task so I can really know if its me or the ammo that causes a shank. |
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fishstan2
Advanced Member
USA
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Posted - Oct 31 2009 : 03:35:12
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Biscut, That 338 Rum is a real "A-- Stomper" ain't it!!!!!. LOL. But it sounds like you have it figured out . Paul, I would think a 338 Win Mag loaded to Max is going to make a little noise, and I know some who go beyond that and can most definatly put a hurt on you with a little louder noise. Sorry, about your rifle problems, but what you said you paid for the first rifle at Wally world, I think you got what you paid for, sorry. On the $900 dollar rifle I hope you sent it back and told them to check it out or fix it. And Paul, you know sometimes you have to find the magic load for your particular rifle before it shoots what we want it to shoot. I hope it all works out. Stan |
WILLIAMS, STANLEY W.
SGM U.S. ARMY
CAMP TAJI IRAQ
"SHOOT EM FROM LONG" RANGE" |
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5spot
Starting Member
USA
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Posted - Nov 01 2009 : 11:58:53
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| I too am a 338wm fan. Have shot prairie dogs, antelope, deer, elk with mine and it shoots well. The tsx bullets took a little tuning to get right, about 5/8 of an inch at 100yds. Its a remington 700 with a weaver grand slam scope. Would like to try something different through it just because. Thinking of using frontier brass filled with rl-19, ignited by federal gm215 magnum primers to propel 200gr. accubonds. Anybody have experience with something similar and can give me a starting point? |
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eric2381
Advanced Member
Canada
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Posted - Nov 01 2009 : 19:56:41
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I worked up a load for my buddie's 338-378 Wby. While it shot great, it was a little too much of a good thing. For me anyways. Brass was cheap for that thing. 107gr. of powder as well. He uses it for whitetail |
Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow. |
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fishstan2
Advanced Member
USA
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Posted - Nov 02 2009 : 04:29:50
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| Eric, I think your buddy is a little undergunned. LOL. I am haveing a custom built on the 338-378 WBY but it won't be for White Tail Deer. Stan |
WILLIAMS, STANLEY W.
SGM U.S. ARMY
CAMP TAJI IRAQ
"SHOOT EM FROM LONG" RANGE" |
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338User
Average Member
Australia
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Posted - Nov 02 2009 : 06:42:16
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| Hi 5Spot, Max load for the 200gn Accubond in my rifle (Ruger M77) is 75.0gn of AR2209 (sold as H4350 in the USA) for 3000fps. Back off a couple of grains as a starting load, but you should find this quite accurate. |
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5spot
Starting Member
USA
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Posted - Nov 02 2009 : 20:35:19
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| Thanks 338User! Appreciate any and all input I can get! |
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THE 338WINCHESTER MAGNUM - AN AMERICAN CLASSIC
