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Why do so many people not like the 338 Lapua?
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<blockquote data-quote="Timber338" data-source="post: 1055875" data-attributes="member: 33822"><p>I've shot antelope, deer and elk with all the various 338's I've owned over the years, mostly using the 210 & 225 TTSX and the 225 and 250 Accubond. The performance has been excellent. I've never lost an animal shooting those bullets, and since I aim for the double lung shot, there's only been a few animals that were quartered where I had to shoot through the leading shoulder. Very minimal meat damage on those shoulder shots, and dead animals. So I have not personally experienced excessive meat damage from any 338 bullet that I have shot into an animal. </p><p></p><p>In my 338 RUM I'm using the Barnes 280 LRX and the 300 Accubond. Not as good of a BC as the 300 Berger, but not too far off, and in my opinion, I like how the LRX/TTSX and Accubond perform up close. I also think a shoulder shot with any caliber berger bullet is going to do more meat damage. I think they are extremely accurate bullets, I have shot them out of my guns, they are just not my personal choice for hunting big game. From the threads that have been posted about the performance of the berger on elk/deer, they sure do perform and turn the lungs into jelly. My experience is the Barnes bullets do not jelly the lunges, rather put a golfball sized hole through them. The accubonds are somewhere between the barnes and the bergers for damage to the lungs.</p><p></p><p>I also have a custom 300 win mag that is plenty of gun for any game here in America out to the ranges that I'll hunt.... but I've always wanted a BIG 338, so last year finally got a custom 338 RUM as my hunt everything gun. With the high BC and big bullets, it's simply a hammer. I'll be taking it out coyote hunting next weekend. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timber338, post: 1055875, member: 33822"] I've shot antelope, deer and elk with all the various 338's I've owned over the years, mostly using the 210 & 225 TTSX and the 225 and 250 Accubond. The performance has been excellent. I've never lost an animal shooting those bullets, and since I aim for the double lung shot, there's only been a few animals that were quartered where I had to shoot through the leading shoulder. Very minimal meat damage on those shoulder shots, and dead animals. So I have not personally experienced excessive meat damage from any 338 bullet that I have shot into an animal. In my 338 RUM I'm using the Barnes 280 LRX and the 300 Accubond. Not as good of a BC as the 300 Berger, but not too far off, and in my opinion, I like how the LRX/TTSX and Accubond perform up close. I also think a shoulder shot with any caliber berger bullet is going to do more meat damage. I think they are extremely accurate bullets, I have shot them out of my guns, they are just not my personal choice for hunting big game. From the threads that have been posted about the performance of the berger on elk/deer, they sure do perform and turn the lungs into jelly. My experience is the Barnes bullets do not jelly the lunges, rather put a golfball sized hole through them. The accubonds are somewhere between the barnes and the bergers for damage to the lungs. I also have a custom 300 win mag that is plenty of gun for any game here in America out to the ranges that I'll hunt.... but I've always wanted a BIG 338, so last year finally got a custom 338 RUM as my hunt everything gun. With the high BC and big bullets, it's simply a hammer. I'll be taking it out coyote hunting next weekend. :D [/QUOTE]
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