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338 Edge, RUM or WIN Mag
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<blockquote data-quote="royinidaho" data-source="post: 202423" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>Going from a 338 WinMag to a 338 Rum by just switching barrels I would say the following.</p><p></p><p>The 338 WinMag will do the job <strong>IF </strong>you can get the extreme velocity spread under 15 or better. The WinMag was super accurate at 200yds but out at 830 it was a chase due to vertical spread which was due to inconsistent velocities. I just couldn't make it work no matter how/what I tried. I was shooting 250s hotter than Hades BTW.</p><p></p><p>I switched to the 338 RUM barrel and stumbled onto a US-869 load w/300 SMKs that the ES was 1. Plus it was very accurate. With that the steel coyote at 830 was pretty much no fun anymore as it was tumbled almost every shot and it was a long walk out there and back for the next shot.</p><p></p><p>Not a jab at jwp475 but the 308 Win. is kind of not a "manly" cartridge.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="royinidaho, post: 202423, member: 2011"] Going from a 338 WinMag to a 338 Rum by just switching barrels I would say the following. The 338 WinMag will do the job [B]IF [/B]you can get the extreme velocity spread under 15 or better. The WinMag was super accurate at 200yds but out at 830 it was a chase due to vertical spread which was due to inconsistent velocities. I just couldn't make it work no matter how/what I tried. I was shooting 250s hotter than Hades BTW. I switched to the 338 RUM barrel and stumbled onto a US-869 load w/300 SMKs that the ES was 1. Plus it was very accurate. With that the steel coyote at 830 was pretty much no fun anymore as it was tumbled almost every shot and it was a long walk out there and back for the next shot. Not a jab at jwp475 but the 308 Win. is kind of not a "manly" cartridge.;) [/QUOTE]
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