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Thoughts....338 Win Mag w/ 300 gr Bergers?
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<blockquote data-quote="benchracer" data-source="post: 816023" data-attributes="member: 22069"><p>I asked a very similar question when I first joined this site. The answer I was given was that .338WM just will not push heavy bullets fast enough to be useful. The problem is not energy, it is the fact that the bullet is dropping so much as to make it very difficult to hit your target at long range.</p><p> </p><p>The general consensus was that the .338WM is not really a long range cartridge. One of the very experienced long range shooters/hunters who frequent LRH.com, LongTimeLongRanger, maintains that the .338WM is at its best as a light rifle shooting either 185g Barnes TTSX's or 225g Cutting Edge bullets. He states that the 185 TTSX's allow for much easier hits out to 700 yards or so and the 225 CE's out to closer to 1000.</p><p> </p><p>If neither one of those options does it for you, then stepping up to .338RUM would probably be the way to go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="benchracer, post: 816023, member: 22069"] I asked a very similar question when I first joined this site. The answer I was given was that .338WM just will not push heavy bullets fast enough to be useful. The problem is not energy, it is the fact that the bullet is dropping so much as to make it very difficult to hit your target at long range. The general consensus was that the .338WM is not really a long range cartridge. One of the very experienced long range shooters/hunters who frequent LRH.com, LongTimeLongRanger, maintains that the .338WM is at its best as a light rifle shooting either 185g Barnes TTSX's or 225g Cutting Edge bullets. He states that the 185 TTSX's allow for much easier hits out to 700 yards or so and the 225 CE's out to closer to 1000. If neither one of those options does it for you, then stepping up to .338RUM would probably be the way to go. [/QUOTE]
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