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.338 RUM vs. .338 EDGE
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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 479070" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>Torchrider, it just depends on if you have a donor action or starting from scratch and how much you want to pay. Also what you plan on doing with it. Lots of choices.</p><p> </p><p>The 338 Excalibur is one of the A-Square cartridges. It replaced a smaller 338 they had been doing. It and the 300 Pegasus are the top performers out there that I know of in 30 and 338 caliber that are easily available and over the counter (without needing a custom action). For years the full length 338-416 rigby improved was about tops on a standard over the counter action and then it had to pretty much be a MK 5 wby action to handle it. It had more powder capacity than the 338-378 improved and a slight velocity advantage. The Excalibur is basically this wildcat with just a tad more powder capacity and the biggest baddest 338 out there you can easily do and get brass for. You pretty much need a donor MK 5 wby action or a custom to do this one. Brass is available from asquare and a few internet sales sites. It and the 338-378 wby brass are expensive. $55 for 20 and the loaded rounds retail around $6 each. But if a guy wants the fastest thing out there this is the price to pay. Mk 5 or custom action and very expensive brass. Plus my accuracy load is 128 grains of powder so forget the buying a pound of powder thing. Look at 8 pound kegs with these. The Excalibur with a 30" barrel could get you a top accuracy load well over 3100 fps with the 300 SMK.</p><p> </p><p>The 338 RUM will kill anything in North America as far as you can hit it. It can be done on a cheap standard magnum action from several manufacturers. Brass is relatively cheap at $60 for 50. I had my own shop and made a good living at my day job so I could experiment with everything with cost not being so great a factor, just the fastest cartridge mattered. But if I just wanted one rifle and needed to do it as inexpensively as possible I would get a cheap donor action and screw a 338 RUM custom barrel on it. Cheap over the counter dies and like I said this rifle will kill anything as far as you can hit it. I sold my custom 338 RUM's I used for testing several years ago and now hunt with an over the counter Remington 700 338 RUM. It has the factory 26" stainless barrel. It will shoot the 300 SMK over 2800 fps but my best accuracy is at 2730 fps so that is where I stay. I also shoot the 225 Accubond in it at 3260 fps. The last elk I shot with it was a big 6x6 at 740 yards. He went maybe 25 yards. Those shots are trivial with this rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 479070, member: 505"] Torchrider, it just depends on if you have a donor action or starting from scratch and how much you want to pay. Also what you plan on doing with it. Lots of choices. The 338 Excalibur is one of the A-Square cartridges. It replaced a smaller 338 they had been doing. It and the 300 Pegasus are the top performers out there that I know of in 30 and 338 caliber that are easily available and over the counter (without needing a custom action). For years the full length 338-416 rigby improved was about tops on a standard over the counter action and then it had to pretty much be a MK 5 wby action to handle it. It had more powder capacity than the 338-378 improved and a slight velocity advantage. The Excalibur is basically this wildcat with just a tad more powder capacity and the biggest baddest 338 out there you can easily do and get brass for. You pretty much need a donor MK 5 wby action or a custom to do this one. Brass is available from asquare and a few internet sales sites. It and the 338-378 wby brass are expensive. $55 for 20 and the loaded rounds retail around $6 each. But if a guy wants the fastest thing out there this is the price to pay. Mk 5 or custom action and very expensive brass. Plus my accuracy load is 128 grains of powder so forget the buying a pound of powder thing. Look at 8 pound kegs with these. The Excalibur with a 30" barrel could get you a top accuracy load well over 3100 fps with the 300 SMK. The 338 RUM will kill anything in North America as far as you can hit it. It can be done on a cheap standard magnum action from several manufacturers. Brass is relatively cheap at $60 for 50. I had my own shop and made a good living at my day job so I could experiment with everything with cost not being so great a factor, just the fastest cartridge mattered. But if I just wanted one rifle and needed to do it as inexpensively as possible I would get a cheap donor action and screw a 338 RUM custom barrel on it. Cheap over the counter dies and like I said this rifle will kill anything as far as you can hit it. I sold my custom 338 RUM's I used for testing several years ago and now hunt with an over the counter Remington 700 338 RUM. It has the factory 26" stainless barrel. It will shoot the 300 SMK over 2800 fps but my best accuracy is at 2730 fps so that is where I stay. I also shoot the 225 Accubond in it at 3260 fps. The last elk I shot with it was a big 6x6 at 740 yards. He went maybe 25 yards. Those shots are trivial with this rifle. [/QUOTE]
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