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beyond the the 338?
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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 658668" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>The 338-300 RUM gets you there at a poor boys cost. that is the beauty of the cartridge. If you are familiar with it you can kill anything as far as you need to be shooting at game. The 338-378 wby does it quite a bit better but not at a poor boys price. The 378 wby does it a lot better than either with the new cutting edge .9 bc bullet but again not at a poor boys price.</p><p> </p><p>My rifles are hunting rifles and not range queens. They look rough like hunting rifles and not pretty range queens. I work up a load and zero and then they shoot very few rounds per year while hunting. So based on the number of shots they get the extra cost is insignificant next to what I spend hunting each year. But like you said when the sun sets on the last day and a B&C contender walks out I have the best tool possible in my hands. The extra cost is not a concern at that point. </p><p> </p><p>For example I have a 338-378 wby shooting the 260 grain .76 bc cutting edge bullet over 3300 fps like a dream. What is that kind of advantage worth? Run the ballistics. It shoots a .64 bc 225 grain cutting edge over 3500 fps. This is out of a 10.75 pound 28" barrel rifle scoped out. Can you do a lot better than a 338-300 RUM, yes. Is the cost worth it? You have to make that decision based on what you said with that trophy on the line on the last day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 658668, member: 505"] The 338-300 RUM gets you there at a poor boys cost. that is the beauty of the cartridge. If you are familiar with it you can kill anything as far as you need to be shooting at game. The 338-378 wby does it quite a bit better but not at a poor boys price. The 378 wby does it a lot better than either with the new cutting edge .9 bc bullet but again not at a poor boys price. My rifles are hunting rifles and not range queens. They look rough like hunting rifles and not pretty range queens. I work up a load and zero and then they shoot very few rounds per year while hunting. So based on the number of shots they get the extra cost is insignificant next to what I spend hunting each year. But like you said when the sun sets on the last day and a B&C contender walks out I have the best tool possible in my hands. The extra cost is not a concern at that point. For example I have a 338-378 wby shooting the 260 grain .76 bc cutting edge bullet over 3300 fps like a dream. What is that kind of advantage worth? Run the ballistics. It shoots a .64 bc 225 grain cutting edge over 3500 fps. This is out of a 10.75 pound 28" barrel rifle scoped out. Can you do a lot better than a 338-300 RUM, yes. Is the cost worth it? You have to make that decision based on what you said with that trophy on the line on the last day. [/QUOTE]
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