.338 Federal. Your experience?

[MS 9x56]

Main reason I was asking was I read about the 338 federal on Chuck hawks and It strikes me as odd that the case is too short to use the long high bc 338 bullets and your stuck with short low weight/bc ones. The 338-06 i think would at least let you use 300 gr. Just a thought I had. Still a cool round. Is there anything like that for 35? 308 case based 35/short 35 whelen?

Yes there is. 358 winchester, but the only rifle still chambered for it is the Browning lever action.

 

[Caseknife]

I had a Rem 700 6mm rebarreled to 338 Federal a couple years ago. Couldn't find brass at the time so necked up 308 brass in two steps, worked perfect. Have a load worked up with 160TTSX at about 2950 with a 22" barrel. Haven't had a chance to kill anything with it yet but sure it would do the job in the distances that I hunt, <300yds.

 

[Justabirdwatcher]

I had a Rem 700 6mm rebarreled to 338 Federal a couple years ago. Couldn't find brass at the time so necked up 308 brass in two steps, worked perfect. Have a load worked up with 160TTSX at about 2950 with a 22" barrel. Haven't had a chance to kill anything with it yet but sure it would do the job in the distances that I hunt, <300yds.

160 TTSX @ 2950 sounds positively lethal. This was my line of thinking when I bought the barrel. 160 or 180 grain mono moving fast.

 

[Justabirdwatcher]

Why not a 338-06?

Because, that's a long action (I loathe long actions) and the .338 Fed barrel fit the action I already have, plus it was $130 shipped AND brass is cheap and available.

 

[MTLabrador]

A .338-06 or .338 win mag are much sexier.

 

[Justabirdwatcher]

A .338-06 or .338 win mag are much sexier.

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Not as sexy as my 300 WSM, though.

 

[ismith]

Not as sexy as my 300 WSM, though.

How old are you?

 

[mtmuley]

(I loathe long actions)

Funny. mtmuley

 

[MTLabrador]

Not as sexy as my 300 WSM, though.

 

[Justabirdwatcher]

How old are you?

Take a guess and then I'll tell you.

 

[ismith]

Take a guess and then I'll tell you.

No.