Bigngreeen,
Was reading along and suddenly saw that I contributed to this two years ago!
I got that cow elk with the 338 RCM I had recently built back then. It was 140 yd shot through chest, the 225 accubond exited. The cow was next to the private land fence and was about to jump. After the shot it looked like it still might try so I put a second one through the base of the neck. Very happy with the package. A joy to carry.
Just thought I'd mention the following as you were originally pondering the 338-300 WSM. Just a few weeks ago a friend had me work up a LR elk load for his very light Browning A-bolt in 300 WSM. I had some 230 gr Berger target hybrids and for grins thought I'd give them a try. The bullets are seated to feed from this short action with the bullet seated VERY deeply in the case. RL-17 has the bullet moving at 2725 fps and it is accurate. Why bother with the 338-300 WSM if you could get a 215 or the 230 hybrid to shoot? Look at what Broz has done with those bullets, perfect elk medicine.
Was reading along and suddenly saw that I contributed to this two years ago!
I got that cow elk with the 338 RCM I had recently built back then. It was 140 yd shot through chest, the 225 accubond exited. The cow was next to the private land fence and was about to jump. After the shot it looked like it still might try so I put a second one through the base of the neck. Very happy with the package. A joy to carry.
Just thought I'd mention the following as you were originally pondering the 338-300 WSM. Just a few weeks ago a friend had me work up a LR elk load for his very light Browning A-bolt in 300 WSM. I had some 230 gr Berger target hybrids and for grins thought I'd give them a try. The bullets are seated to feed from this short action with the bullet seated VERY deeply in the case. RL-17 has the bullet moving at 2725 fps and it is accurate. Why bother with the 338-300 WSM if you could get a 215 or the 230 hybrid to shoot? Look at what Broz has done with those bullets, perfect elk medicine.