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fastest 338 caliber?Build advice?
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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 225043" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>Bravo 4, I agree in general with what you are saying and I am on the same page with you. But I have got to look at #3 and 5 closer. I agree a bigger bullet and more power is definitely not the answer to poor marksmanship and a well placed bullet from a 300 ultramag will kill anything in North America. But the massive wound channel of the big 338 can give you a slight edge (no pun intended) with massive tissue or bone destruction and will give you a much better blood trail to follow if the animal doesn't go down right there. </p><p></p><p>In #5 I agree the animal is just as dead with a well placed shot but they don't go down the same. I mentioned in an earlier post about shooting caribou with the 300 ultramag. They would run 200-400 yards and fall over just as dead but maybe in the water or a terrible place to pack them out. The same shot with my 338-378 and about all you see is the feet flying up in the air and the first thing that hits the ground is the top of their back. In other words let the animal walk to where you want to dress it, then shoot and go dress it there. That really helps in some hunting situations. I have noticed through the years that elk/moose size animals that don't go down right away are in such shock they just hunch up and then fall right there, where with smaller calibers they will take off running or trotting for a few hundred yards then fall over just as dead. </p><p></p><p>I like to hunt with all my rifles in all the calibers but I have noticed a definite difference when the animal is hit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 225043, member: 505"] Bravo 4, I agree in general with what you are saying and I am on the same page with you. But I have got to look at #3 and 5 closer. I agree a bigger bullet and more power is definitely not the answer to poor marksmanship and a well placed bullet from a 300 ultramag will kill anything in North America. But the massive wound channel of the big 338 can give you a slight edge (no pun intended) with massive tissue or bone destruction and will give you a much better blood trail to follow if the animal doesn't go down right there. In #5 I agree the animal is just as dead with a well placed shot but they don't go down the same. I mentioned in an earlier post about shooting caribou with the 300 ultramag. They would run 200-400 yards and fall over just as dead but maybe in the water or a terrible place to pack them out. The same shot with my 338-378 and about all you see is the feet flying up in the air and the first thing that hits the ground is the top of their back. In other words let the animal walk to where you want to dress it, then shoot and go dress it there. That really helps in some hunting situations. I have noticed through the years that elk/moose size animals that don't go down right away are in such shock they just hunch up and then fall right there, where with smaller calibers they will take off running or trotting for a few hundred yards then fall over just as dead. I like to hunt with all my rifles in all the calibers but I have noticed a definite difference when the animal is hit. [/QUOTE]
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