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<blockquote data-quote="D.Camilleri" data-source="post: 1707248" data-attributes="member: 2567"><p>I grew up watching my dad flatten deer with a 338 win mag and 210 gr partitions. The reason he bought the 338 was do to loosing a big muley buck hit behind the shoulder with a 180 gr bullet from a 30-06. He found the deer a day later and my uncle mounted it for him. Dad bought the 338 win mag in 1958 and still has it today and I had it re-barreled for him a few years back. I started hunting with a 30-06 at 12 years of age, at 19 I bought a 7mm mag and at 30 I bought a 338 win mag. All calibers kill, some kill better. On big animals I am a huge advocate of 30 caliber and up. Everyone like to think they will only make ethical shots, and some try hard, but hunting is about being human and things happen. The bad shots I have made in my life stay with me, as do the misses, but the DRT's stand out. I started shooting a 338 rum in 2001 and now I have two. I used to like light bullets very fast. I shot 210 gr Barnes XLC for a few years and made some great kills. No complaints, the bullet was screaming at 3400 fps. Later I changed to 225 accubonds and made a lot of great kills out to 575 yards on bull elk. I pushed the 225's to 3300 fps. Since then I have gone heavy. I really like 300 gr Berger otm's, driven at 2830 they flat hammer elk! Right now I am trying some 285 Hornady ELDM's driven at 2940 and they too are a super hammer, very similar to the Berger but with a slightly better BC and I am able to run them faster for a down range advantage over the Berger. I have kills on elk out to 850 with the Berger 300 otm and no tracking required. I hunt where there are lots of hump back bears and I have to admit I was unsure about the penetration ability of a Berger at point blank on a self defense shot, so I tried some 300 gr accubonds year before last and I can honestly say that they penetrate better, but don't necessarily kill better. The fragmenting bullets are devastating. So the debate can go on around the campfire, I will always choose a bigger caliber over the smaller caliber for killing ability especially on large game. I would have no problem with another 338 win mag in my safe, and no issue at all as a bear stopper or elk thumper. But since this is a long range site, run the ballistics on a 338 285 gr bullet with an .829 bc being launched at 2940 and compare the numbers to the rest of your favorite calibers. Hopefully I have another 180+ muley on the ground next week to report on the terminal effects of the 285 ELDM.</p><p></p><p>As far as the 300 win mag, a great cartridge that can kill anything a person needs to drop, but for me, I would be shooting 180 gr + bullets, preferably 190 gr Berger or 215 Berger or 200 gr accubond.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D.Camilleri, post: 1707248, member: 2567"] I grew up watching my dad flatten deer with a 338 win mag and 210 gr partitions. The reason he bought the 338 was do to loosing a big muley buck hit behind the shoulder with a 180 gr bullet from a 30-06. He found the deer a day later and my uncle mounted it for him. Dad bought the 338 win mag in 1958 and still has it today and I had it re-barreled for him a few years back. I started hunting with a 30-06 at 12 years of age, at 19 I bought a 7mm mag and at 30 I bought a 338 win mag. All calibers kill, some kill better. On big animals I am a huge advocate of 30 caliber and up. Everyone like to think they will only make ethical shots, and some try hard, but hunting is about being human and things happen. The bad shots I have made in my life stay with me, as do the misses, but the DRT's stand out. I started shooting a 338 rum in 2001 and now I have two. I used to like light bullets very fast. I shot 210 gr Barnes XLC for a few years and made some great kills. No complaints, the bullet was screaming at 3400 fps. Later I changed to 225 accubonds and made a lot of great kills out to 575 yards on bull elk. I pushed the 225's to 3300 fps. Since then I have gone heavy. I really like 300 gr Berger otm's, driven at 2830 they flat hammer elk! Right now I am trying some 285 Hornady ELDM's driven at 2940 and they too are a super hammer, very similar to the Berger but with a slightly better BC and I am able to run them faster for a down range advantage over the Berger. I have kills on elk out to 850 with the Berger 300 otm and no tracking required. I hunt where there are lots of hump back bears and I have to admit I was unsure about the penetration ability of a Berger at point blank on a self defense shot, so I tried some 300 gr accubonds year before last and I can honestly say that they penetrate better, but don't necessarily kill better. The fragmenting bullets are devastating. So the debate can go on around the campfire, I will always choose a bigger caliber over the smaller caliber for killing ability especially on large game. I would have no problem with another 338 win mag in my safe, and no issue at all as a bear stopper or elk thumper. But since this is a long range site, run the ballistics on a 338 285 gr bullet with an .829 bc being launched at 2940 and compare the numbers to the rest of your favorite calibers. Hopefully I have another 180+ muley on the ground next week to report on the terminal effects of the 285 ELDM. As far as the 300 win mag, a great cartridge that can kill anything a person needs to drop, but for me, I would be shooting 180 gr + bullets, preferably 190 gr Berger or 215 Berger or 200 gr accubond. [/QUOTE]
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