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Shortening the 338-378
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<blockquote data-quote="Eric Alexander" data-source="post: 1863602" data-attributes="member: 89813"><p>Maybe one of you has done this. If so, great. Please share the experience: the work and the outcome.</p><p>The notion I'm working with is that shorter, wider columns of powder seem to burn more efficiently, yielding a bit better performance for powder used.</p><p>Though the bolt face will be large, the brass should measure out to 2.50 inches, and now fitting the once longer 338-378 into an -06 length action.... but with 30% more volume than .338 Win Mag and close to 10% over 340 Weatherby. </p><p>So, in the instant case, a bit more volume than the 340 but, more importantly, perhaps more efficiently packaged to burn. .. perhaps nearly matching the long guy's performance with 15% less powder. That would proof the concept of shorter/wider. </p><p></p><p>If somebody has wandered down this path before, please advise. Or if some important element needs addressing in the concept, likewise. </p><p>thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eric Alexander, post: 1863602, member: 89813"] Maybe one of you has done this. If so, great. Please share the experience: the work and the outcome. The notion I’m working with is that shorter, wider columns of powder seem to burn more efficiently, yielding a bit better performance for powder used. Though the bolt face will be large, the brass should measure out to 2.50 inches, and now fitting the once longer 338-378 into an -06 length action.... but with 30% more volume than .338 Win Mag and close to 10% over 340 Weatherby. So, in the instant case, a bit more volume than the 340 but, more importantly, perhaps more efficiently packaged to burn. .. perhaps nearly matching the long guy’s performance with 15% less powder. That would proof the concept of shorter/wider. If somebody has wandered down this path before, please advise. Or if some important element needs addressing in the concept, likewise. thanks [/QUOTE]
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