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Why the 338-378 Weatherby is my favorite long range Rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 472556" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>I met Elmer at a book signing just before he passed away. Not many were there and we hit it off and talked most of the day. I was smart enough to realize this was a golden opportunity. He was a big talker and loved to talk guns. I was shooting the then very popular 7mm-300 wby and trying to convince him how it was ballistically better than the 340 wby he suggested off that case and was therefore better. I had taken elk at over 1000 yards with the 7mm-300 and thought I knew it all when I was young and dumb in my 20's. He said if I stayed in it long enough and hunted elk I would be shooting the 340 wby soon or another big 338. They had way better performance on game than the 7mm. I am sure he looked at me like I look at people arguing the 7mm long range now for hunting. Experience, not ballistic tables, makes all the difference. Within two years after talking to Elmer I was shooting the 340 wby. Not long after that the 338-378 wildcat. Now when I am serious after a big trophy animal I will have my big 338's. Nice animals are just to hard to find to be limited with a small caliber. There is just no comparison between the kill effects of a big caliber like a 338 next to a small one like a 7mm. Particularly at long range where the difference is exponential.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 472556, member: 505"] I met Elmer at a book signing just before he passed away. Not many were there and we hit it off and talked most of the day. I was smart enough to realize this was a golden opportunity. He was a big talker and loved to talk guns. I was shooting the then very popular 7mm-300 wby and trying to convince him how it was ballistically better than the 340 wby he suggested off that case and was therefore better. I had taken elk at over 1000 yards with the 7mm-300 and thought I knew it all when I was young and dumb in my 20's. He said if I stayed in it long enough and hunted elk I would be shooting the 340 wby soon or another big 338. They had way better performance on game than the 7mm. I am sure he looked at me like I look at people arguing the 7mm long range now for hunting. Experience, not ballistic tables, makes all the difference. Within two years after talking to Elmer I was shooting the 340 wby. Not long after that the 338-378 wildcat. Now when I am serious after a big trophy animal I will have my big 338's. Nice animals are just to hard to find to be limited with a small caliber. There is just no comparison between the kill effects of a big caliber like a 338 next to a small one like a 7mm. Particularly at long range where the difference is exponential. [/QUOTE]
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