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What cartridge for NOT long range (300 yards and in ) whitetails?
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<blockquote data-quote="freddiej" data-source="post: 1485626" data-attributes="member: 26227"><p>My suggestion, for what it is worth, is the forgotten 338 Winchester Magnum. </p><p></p><p>About 28 years ago I was saddled with this predicament while starting a career being an outdoor guide in California for the flying Y. At the time I owned zero centerfire rifles as I had always borrowed a friend's 270 Win rifle for hunting. We never hunted apart at the time. I found that 308 Win was sorely lacking for the California blacks we had in the area. Then the guide service I started working for was going to issue me a rifle from their brace of rifles. This dusty Winchester Model 70 on the wall called to me, it fit like a glove. It pointed well and I dismissed all the others as they were in 308, 25-06, 7MM rem mag (my personal whipping boy of a caliber), and some other calibers. This M-70 was in 338 Win Mag. I researched the loads and found this caliber was so versatile that I immediately started loading for it. 165 grain starting loads for deer worked better than any other factory rifle load I had ever used. Very little meat loss and the deer never took a step after being hit. For bear it was 250 grain Barns X with a 3/4 load. Bear sort of grunted, humped up and fall over then died. To address the overwhelming disgust for this round due to recoil.. My gun never hit me any harder than a 30-06 did. I still do not understand people's aversion to this absolutely wonderful round. To this day I own a 338 Win Mag. I own many other calibers but I still own that 338 W/M I fell in love with while starting out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="freddiej, post: 1485626, member: 26227"] My suggestion, for what it is worth, is the forgotten 338 Winchester Magnum. About 28 years ago I was saddled with this predicament while starting a career being an outdoor guide in California for the flying Y. At the time I owned zero centerfire rifles as I had always borrowed a friend's 270 Win rifle for hunting. We never hunted apart at the time. I found that 308 Win was sorely lacking for the California blacks we had in the area. Then the guide service I started working for was going to issue me a rifle from their brace of rifles. This dusty Winchester Model 70 on the wall called to me, it fit like a glove. It pointed well and I dismissed all the others as they were in 308, 25-06, 7MM rem mag (my personal whipping boy of a caliber), and some other calibers. This M-70 was in 338 Win Mag. I researched the loads and found this caliber was so versatile that I immediately started loading for it. 165 grain starting loads for deer worked better than any other factory rifle load I had ever used. Very little meat loss and the deer never took a step after being hit. For bear it was 250 grain Barns X with a 3/4 load. Bear sort of grunted, humped up and fall over then died. To address the overwhelming disgust for this round due to recoil.. My gun never hit me any harder than a 30-06 did. I still do not understand people's aversion to this absolutely wonderful round. To this day I own a 338 Win Mag. I own many other calibers but I still own that 338 W/M I fell in love with while starting out. [/QUOTE]
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