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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 508950" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>The beauty of the 338 caliber is take your pick and they all kill elk effectively. I have killed big critters from the 185 barnes ttsx to the 300 smk and many in between all with excellent results. Can't say that for the smaller calibers. Once you get to the large calibers they are all pretty tough bullets.</p><p> </p><p>For your 338 winchester and 338-300 wsm I would hunt with bullets in the 225 grain range and smaller. They do not push the heavy high bc bullets fast enough to gain an advantage within the effective range of the cartridge. The 225 accubond has the bc and performance to kill animals efficiently within the range of your cartridge. Also do not overlook the 185 ttsx. It is extremely accurate and last year I killed numerous large animals to 800 yards with great knock down performance and flat trajectorey. Inside of 800 or so yards these bullets have flat trajectory and are very efficient killers.</p><p> </p><p>I got a batch of 225 AB's a couple years ago that were the first run when they started back making them again after they were unavailable for a while. Some of those fragmented with complete jacket core seperation on large bull elk. Other than that run of bullets they seem to do a good job.</p><p> </p><p>If you want to try some specialty bullets I am testing some 225 grain .64 bc cutting edge bullets. They are solid copper like the Barnes and I would assume similar performance on game but have not used them on game so don't know for sure. If these work out they would be excellent for these two chamberings. </p><p> </p><p>By the way I really like those two because they will drop anything hard and can be shot easily without a muzzle brake as long as you stay under 225 grains.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 508950, member: 505"] The beauty of the 338 caliber is take your pick and they all kill elk effectively. I have killed big critters from the 185 barnes ttsx to the 300 smk and many in between all with excellent results. Can't say that for the smaller calibers. Once you get to the large calibers they are all pretty tough bullets. For your 338 winchester and 338-300 wsm I would hunt with bullets in the 225 grain range and smaller. They do not push the heavy high bc bullets fast enough to gain an advantage within the effective range of the cartridge. The 225 accubond has the bc and performance to kill animals efficiently within the range of your cartridge. Also do not overlook the 185 ttsx. It is extremely accurate and last year I killed numerous large animals to 800 yards with great knock down performance and flat trajectorey. Inside of 800 or so yards these bullets have flat trajectory and are very efficient killers. I got a batch of 225 AB's a couple years ago that were the first run when they started back making them again after they were unavailable for a while. Some of those fragmented with complete jacket core seperation on large bull elk. Other than that run of bullets they seem to do a good job. If you want to try some specialty bullets I am testing some 225 grain .64 bc cutting edge bullets. They are solid copper like the Barnes and I would assume similar performance on game but have not used them on game so don't know for sure. If these work out they would be excellent for these two chamberings. By the way I really like those two because they will drop anything hard and can be shot easily without a muzzle brake as long as you stay under 225 grains. [/QUOTE]
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