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338 WM build advice
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<blockquote data-quote="nwhunter" data-source="post: 2336483" data-attributes="member: 30991"><p>Maybe, if the stock fits you well. </p><p>When I got my first 338 I also at165 lbs, at 5'11". That was a custom Enfield in a walnut stock and with a 2-3/4 baush and lomb scope it was 8-1/2 pounds. I packed well and didn't recoil bad. The lower powered scope did not have enough brightness for deep woods in November gloom so I traded it off.</p><p>I then got a ruger 77 with a Leopold 3-9, it was heavier and the recoil could only be described as brutal.</p><p>Then I went through two SS Winchester model 70 rifles, one was magna ported, one had a 26" barrel, one was 24". They both shot well and had reasonable recoil. I decided that for hunting the Oregon woods I disliked a 26" barrel.</p><p>35 years later I have no 338 wm but have a 338/06 that only takes 67 grains W760 to send a 186 grain hammer at 3000 fps, ways about 8-1/2 pounds in a synthetic stock and recoils like 30-06. </p><p>If a 338 wm is what you want and the stock you mentioned fits you well recoil should be fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nwhunter, post: 2336483, member: 30991"] Maybe, if the stock fits you well. When I got my first 338 I also at165 lbs, at 5'11". That was a custom Enfield in a walnut stock and with a 2-3/4 baush and lomb scope it was 8-1/2 pounds. I packed well and didn't recoil bad. The lower powered scope did not have enough brightness for deep woods in November gloom so I traded it off. I then got a ruger 77 with a Leopold 3-9, it was heavier and the recoil could only be described as brutal. Then I went through two SS Winchester model 70 rifles, one was magna ported, one had a 26" barrel, one was 24". They both shot well and had reasonable recoil. I decided that for hunting the Oregon woods I disliked a 26" barrel. 35 years later I have no 338 wm but have a 338/06 that only takes 67 grains W760 to send a 186 grain hammer at 3000 fps, ways about 8-1/2 pounds in a synthetic stock and recoils like 30-06. If a 338 wm is what you want and the stock you mentioned fits you well recoil should be fine. [/QUOTE]
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