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Re-barrel 7 Rem Mag to .338 for bear hunt?
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<blockquote data-quote="MagnumManiac" data-source="post: 2325821" data-attributes="member: 10755"><p>Having 2 barrels for the same rifle is exactly what I do, even 3 barrels of different chambering.</p><p>If it were me, then I would buy another barrel in 338WM and be done with it.</p><p>When I went to Kodak, several lifetimes away now, my guide didn't trust the 338WM and tried over several months to sway me away from it, I perservered and took my Win Model 70 338WM loaded with 250g Partitions and 275g Speer Hot Cor semi spritzers. I also took a back-up rifle, my custom Win Model 70 in 375 Weatherby with 300g Woodleigh PP's, didn't fire a shot with it!</p><p>My guides hesitation toward the 338WM were dispelled, as the 275g bullet dropped my bear in it's tracks, a follow up was used, but wasn't necessary. Both my guide and his daughter became believers, as they had had 3 instances where the 338WM didn't do it's job, but I put that down to the left over factory ammo they showed me. It was very poor bullet construction to say the least. A bonded bullet made all the difference.</p><p></p><p>Cheers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MagnumManiac, post: 2325821, member: 10755"] Having 2 barrels for the same rifle is exactly what I do, even 3 barrels of different chambering. If it were me, then I would buy another barrel in 338WM and be done with it. When I went to Kodak, several lifetimes away now, my guide didn’t trust the 338WM and tried over several months to sway me away from it, I perservered and took my Win Model 70 338WM loaded with 250g Partitions and 275g Speer Hot Cor semi spritzers. I also took a back-up rifle, my custom Win Model 70 in 375 Weatherby with 300g Woodleigh PP’s, didn’t fire a shot with it! My guides hesitation toward the 338WM were dispelled, as the 275g bullet dropped my bear in it’s tracks, a follow up was used, but wasn’t necessary. Both my guide and his daughter became believers, as they had had 3 instances where the 338WM didn’t do it’s job, but I put that down to the left over factory ammo they showed me. It was very poor bullet construction to say the least. A bonded bullet made all the difference. Cheers. [/QUOTE]
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