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338-06 vs 338 Win Mag
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<blockquote data-quote="baldhunter" data-source="post: 2327905" data-attributes="member: 11853"><p>My 338-06 was a Remington 700 Long Range 30-06 rebored by JES.It is one of the best shooting rifles I own.I really like the 200gr bullets,both the Silver Ballistic Tips and Accubond.My rifle shoots them both same POI.It's accurate with several loads.I have found it shoots well with so many powders,but I keep going back to Big Game because it always groups so well with it.I use the WLRM Primer and resized Winchester 30-06 once fired cases necked up on all of them.Here is my load data.</p><p>180gr Accubond 58.0grs Varget 3010fps</p><p>180gr Accubond 60.0grs Big Game 2940fps</p><p>200gr Accubond 60.0grs 760 This load grouped good just never got a velocity on it</p><p>200gr Accubond 62.0grs H4350 2740fps</p><p>200gr Accubond 63.0grs Hunter 2730fps</p><p>200gr Accubond 59.5grs BLC-2 2830fps</p><p>200gr Accubond 56.0grs Varget 2849fps</p><p>210gr Partition 54.0grs Varget 2721fps</p><p>200gr Accubond 59.0grs CFE223 2807fps</p><p>200gr Accubond 59.0grs Big Game 2812fps</p><p>200gr Accubond 61.0grs Accurate 4350 2661fps</p><p>210gr Partition 59.0grs Accurate 4350 2777fps</p><p>I had a 338 Win Mag for a while but it had a bad barrel and went with a 308 Norma Magnum for my rebarrel job.Most of the loads with those same bullets ran around 3000fps.I'm still undecided if I want another 338 Win Mag.The 338 certainly makes a big hole on game.The 338-06 is a great hard hitting cartridge for sure,but if you want to shoot some heavy bullets,the 338 Win Mag certainly is a good choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="baldhunter, post: 2327905, member: 11853"] My 338-06 was a Remington 700 Long Range 30-06 rebored by JES.It is one of the best shooting rifles I own.I really like the 200gr bullets,both the Silver Ballistic Tips and Accubond.My rifle shoots them both same POI.It's accurate with several loads.I have found it shoots well with so many powders,but I keep going back to Big Game because it always groups so well with it.I use the WLRM Primer and resized Winchester 30-06 once fired cases necked up on all of them.Here is my load data. 180gr Accubond 58.0grs Varget 3010fps 180gr Accubond 60.0grs Big Game 2940fps 200gr Accubond 60.0grs 760 This load grouped good just never got a velocity on it 200gr Accubond 62.0grs H4350 2740fps 200gr Accubond 63.0grs Hunter 2730fps 200gr Accubond 59.5grs BLC-2 2830fps 200gr Accubond 56.0grs Varget 2849fps 210gr Partition 54.0grs Varget 2721fps 200gr Accubond 59.0grs CFE223 2807fps 200gr Accubond 59.0grs Big Game 2812fps 200gr Accubond 61.0grs Accurate 4350 2661fps 210gr Partition 59.0grs Accurate 4350 2777fps I had a 338 Win Mag for a while but it had a bad barrel and went with a 308 Norma Magnum for my rebarrel job.Most of the loads with those same bullets ran around 3000fps.I'm still undecided if I want another 338 Win Mag.The 338 certainly makes a big hole on game.The 338-06 is a great hard hitting cartridge for sure,but if you want to shoot some heavy bullets,the 338 Win Mag certainly is a good choice. [/QUOTE]
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