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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 318342" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>In your situation I don't think you need a 338-300 ultramag. I think you need a good flat shooting deer rifle that is much cheaper to shoot with less noise and recoil. The 338-300 ultramag was a great thing back in 1998 or so when remington first introduced the 300 ultramag at the shot show. Chris up at Pac- Nor got the specs and had 300 and 338-300 reamers built off it thinking that would be the new 338 ultramag. Before the 300 ultramags were hitting the market Chris had me a bunch of 338-300 barrels along with the 300 ultramags necked to 358, 375, and 7mm. In 1998-99 time frame I put together 75-100 of them. Probably the first one ever done was one me and Sniper2 on here put together for his personal elk rifle in 98. Chris had the first reamer and I got the first shipment of barrels off it so I assume that was the first one. It was great for a while because it would get us 100-150 fps more than the standby 340 weatherby and would fit on a standard mag action. However for many it was a single shot. Just depends on which mag action you had and how much work you wanted to do. But then around 2000-2001 or so Remington made it obsolete by introducing a slightly shorter version that fed through standard mag actions better with virtually the same performance calling it the 338 ultramag. I never did another 338-300 ultramag after that because it made no sense. You can easily buy everything you need for the standard 338 ultramag so no need for the trouble of the 338-300. On average you may get a few fps extra from the few grains of extra powder but there is more difference in individual barrels. I have chronographed a ton of both and own both now. I kept at least a couple in each of the calibers.</p><p></p><p>If you do a lot of elk hunting then I would go with one of the big 338's and the 338 ultramag is the best for your 300 win mag action. But if all deer and maybe an occasional elk hunt then go with one of the smaller calibers. In other words I would suit my gun to what I did most of the time. If you go on an elk hunt every year though this is my saying. You can always hunt deer with an elk rifle, but don't hunt elk with a deer rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 318342, member: 505"] In your situation I don't think you need a 338-300 ultramag. I think you need a good flat shooting deer rifle that is much cheaper to shoot with less noise and recoil. The 338-300 ultramag was a great thing back in 1998 or so when remington first introduced the 300 ultramag at the shot show. Chris up at Pac- Nor got the specs and had 300 and 338-300 reamers built off it thinking that would be the new 338 ultramag. Before the 300 ultramags were hitting the market Chris had me a bunch of 338-300 barrels along with the 300 ultramags necked to 358, 375, and 7mm. In 1998-99 time frame I put together 75-100 of them. Probably the first one ever done was one me and Sniper2 on here put together for his personal elk rifle in 98. Chris had the first reamer and I got the first shipment of barrels off it so I assume that was the first one. It was great for a while because it would get us 100-150 fps more than the standby 340 weatherby and would fit on a standard mag action. However for many it was a single shot. Just depends on which mag action you had and how much work you wanted to do. But then around 2000-2001 or so Remington made it obsolete by introducing a slightly shorter version that fed through standard mag actions better with virtually the same performance calling it the 338 ultramag. I never did another 338-300 ultramag after that because it made no sense. You can easily buy everything you need for the standard 338 ultramag so no need for the trouble of the 338-300. On average you may get a few fps extra from the few grains of extra powder but there is more difference in individual barrels. I have chronographed a ton of both and own both now. I kept at least a couple in each of the calibers. If you do a lot of elk hunting then I would go with one of the big 338's and the 338 ultramag is the best for your 300 win mag action. But if all deer and maybe an occasional elk hunt then go with one of the smaller calibers. In other words I would suit my gun to what I did most of the time. If you go on an elk hunt every year though this is my saying. You can always hunt deer with an elk rifle, but don't hunt elk with a deer rifle. [/QUOTE]
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