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Introducing the 338 Texan
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1098007" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>Sorry, I just saw this and will try to answer as best I can at this early date. The 338 Edge is a great round and can do what most people want with standard loadings. But like "ALL" Cartridges it has it's limits.</p><p></p><p>With the current brass situation, I try not to push the brass to hard for longer life. So case capacity is the easy way to gain velocity without excessive pressures that destroy brass and exceed bullet designs.</p><p></p><p>The fire forming loads for the 338 Texan used 250 grain bullets in front of 106 grains of RE33 And obtained velocities comparable to high pressure loads of other 338s. I am sure that Jason will post his findings when he is through testing and I surely will also. </p><p></p><p>Like Joel and Elkaholic, I have found that the bullets become the limiting factor in velocity and sometimes a solid bullet is used to get past the design limitations if used for targets or steel.</p><p></p><p>Dies and reamers are available to everyone (I did not want them to be proprietary) Manson has the reamer dimensions and Hornady has the die dimensions.</p><p></p><p>Jaysons idea about the 7mm Texan is a possibility as long as there is a practical advantage to such a large over bored cartridge. with the current powders this may well be a Good way to increase </p><p>velocity without damaging the bullet from excessive pressure at ignition.</p><p></p><p>My philosophy has always been to reach higher velocity with lower pressures to save actions and components by increasing powder capacity for slower burning powders, not pressure.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1098007, member: 2736"] Sorry, I just saw this and will try to answer as best I can at this early date. The 338 Edge is a great round and can do what most people want with standard loadings. But like "ALL" Cartridges it has it's limits. With the current brass situation, I try not to push the brass to hard for longer life. So case capacity is the easy way to gain velocity without excessive pressures that destroy brass and exceed bullet designs. The fire forming loads for the 338 Texan used 250 grain bullets in front of 106 grains of RE33 And obtained velocities comparable to high pressure loads of other 338s. I am sure that Jason will post his findings when he is through testing and I surely will also. Like Joel and Elkaholic, I have found that the bullets become the limiting factor in velocity and sometimes a solid bullet is used to get past the design limitations if used for targets or steel. Dies and reamers are available to everyone (I did not want them to be proprietary) Manson has the reamer dimensions and Hornady has the die dimensions. Jaysons idea about the 7mm Texan is a possibility as long as there is a practical advantage to such a large over bored cartridge. with the current powders this may well be a Good way to increase velocity without damaging the bullet from excessive pressure at ignition. My philosophy has always been to reach higher velocity with lower pressures to save actions and components by increasing powder capacity for slower burning powders, not pressure. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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