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Tell me again why my .338 win mag isn't enough?
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<blockquote data-quote="el matador" data-source="post: 1176457" data-attributes="member: 12193"><p>I'm a fan of the .338s. Shooting heavy bullets just feels different, and awesome. I also had a factory 700 338 WM that shot like garbage. Currently I shoot a Mark V in 338-378 and it's plenty accurate. The Win Mag cartridge is very efficient, and in my opinion it's the perfect elk cartridge inside 500 yards. It will shoot further no doubt, but as we all know velocity is your friend at long range. </p><p></p><p>I would personally not rebarrel your rifle to 338 Norma. If you want a bit more power I would go with the 338 RUM instead. It uses the same bolt face as 338 Win, and body diameter is close. The 338 Edge is a smidgin longer but case capacities are almost identical when seating the long 338 bullets to fit in the magazine. Since they are so similar I would even base my decision on which brass was available at the time. Based on articles by Dan Lilja and Kirby Allen I would prefer a custom action for any cartridge with a .585" bolt face.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="el matador, post: 1176457, member: 12193"] I'm a fan of the .338s. Shooting heavy bullets just feels different, and awesome. I also had a factory 700 338 WM that shot like garbage. Currently I shoot a Mark V in 338-378 and it's plenty accurate. The Win Mag cartridge is very efficient, and in my opinion it's the perfect elk cartridge inside 500 yards. It will shoot further no doubt, but as we all know velocity is your friend at long range. I would personally not rebarrel your rifle to 338 Norma. If you want a bit more power I would go with the 338 RUM instead. It uses the same bolt face as 338 Win, and body diameter is close. The 338 Edge is a smidgin longer but case capacities are almost identical when seating the long 338 bullets to fit in the magazine. Since they are so similar I would even base my decision on which brass was available at the time. Based on articles by Dan Lilja and Kirby Allen I would prefer a custom action for any cartridge with a .585" bolt face. [/QUOTE]
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