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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 490338" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>The 338-300 is a fantastic round because it can make kills beyond the capability of most shooters and do it on a budget. It is by far the cheapest option and will do what you want thus the popularity. When you go up in performance you also go up in cost for everything from the rifle to the brass and powder consumption. Not trying to talk you out of the 338-300 just at 2000 yards more velocity sure would help. People that do that typically have big guns. One of the old standby's was the 338-416 Rigby improved and some guys on the forum in years past took elk beyond 2000 yards with these. They had long barrels and pushing the 300 smk 3300+ fps. Now the 338 Excalibur has more case capacity and just order brass for it instead of all the fireforming with the 416 case. You must have a Mk5 wby donor action or a custom to do it right so they are expensive. Plus the brass is 3 times the RUM cost. Then 20 grains more powder. </p><p> </p><p>To start out with cheaply the 338-300 RUM is a good option. Many newcomers do this and then as they get better with long range upgrade to a big 338. I did numbers of these in the 90's and most guys still shoot game long range with those original rifles. They just never had the need to shoot beyond the capability of the rifle. Barrels seem to last forever with this one. Some guys upgraded to a bigger 338 to get them out over 1300+ yards better just because they could. I shot a deer at 1365 yards cold bore without a spot shot and that is a mighty long poke. Mark off 3/4 mile with your odometer and see what I mean. Shooting that far requires every advantage you can possibly get. At targets you can shoot until your on target and then look like a pro hitting steel. But put an animal out there and have to make all the judgements of range, angle, altitude, atmospheric conditions, etc, etc for a one shot kill and from experience I can tell you every advantage you can possibly give yourself you need. The 408 chey-tac improved starts looking really good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 490338, member: 505"] The 338-300 is a fantastic round because it can make kills beyond the capability of most shooters and do it on a budget. It is by far the cheapest option and will do what you want thus the popularity. When you go up in performance you also go up in cost for everything from the rifle to the brass and powder consumption. Not trying to talk you out of the 338-300 just at 2000 yards more velocity sure would help. People that do that typically have big guns. One of the old standby's was the 338-416 Rigby improved and some guys on the forum in years past took elk beyond 2000 yards with these. They had long barrels and pushing the 300 smk 3300+ fps. Now the 338 Excalibur has more case capacity and just order brass for it instead of all the fireforming with the 416 case. You must have a Mk5 wby donor action or a custom to do it right so they are expensive. Plus the brass is 3 times the RUM cost. Then 20 grains more powder. To start out with cheaply the 338-300 RUM is a good option. Many newcomers do this and then as they get better with long range upgrade to a big 338. I did numbers of these in the 90's and most guys still shoot game long range with those original rifles. They just never had the need to shoot beyond the capability of the rifle. Barrels seem to last forever with this one. Some guys upgraded to a bigger 338 to get them out over 1300+ yards better just because they could. I shot a deer at 1365 yards cold bore without a spot shot and that is a mighty long poke. Mark off 3/4 mile with your odometer and see what I mean. Shooting that far requires every advantage you can possibly get. At targets you can shoot until your on target and then look like a pro hitting steel. But put an animal out there and have to make all the judgements of range, angle, altitude, atmospheric conditions, etc, etc for a one shot kill and from experience I can tell you every advantage you can possibly give yourself you need. The 408 chey-tac improved starts looking really good. [/QUOTE]
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