1960 model 70 338 waiting to go moose hunting.

Good on you for exercising the old girl

testing my M77 338 today to be ready for an elk hunt in 2 weeks
the gun has been designated for elk, I have others that will do of course but if I don't make the effort it will never see the light of day :)
225 Interbonds for mine, after the old XLCs are used up
 
My shoulder hurts just thinking of 338.

I have my model 70 300 Win. Mag for sale because if the recoil.

Fabulous long range gun, we have 600 yard range and it hits where you aim it.
 
boxhitch said:
apples/apples, the 338 has similar ballistics to the 300
but mine is a more friendly load, only running about 2500
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Same here, 2550 using H4895 and a 260gr partition. I don’t really shoot past a couple hundred yards, so a friendlier load is easy to do. I find it a different recoil then the fast magnums, a thump/push more so then a snap.
 
robertnewfoundland68 said:
I have a rifle that has only had a few rounds down the pipe, and she is about to go moose hunting... mid september here in newfoundland. A beautiful rifle. I can see why people go nuts over the pre 64 model 70s. Hope to have some update pics with fur on the ground soon.
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What area will you be hunting in
 
big bear said:
Nice! What bullet doeas it like?
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it has only had a few bullets through it yet. winchester 200s. i have a box of 250 brownings for it, but they are 64 yrars old. waiting on some sakos for it. found superformance, but have had bad performance with that line in the past.... shot a moose from yards and the bullet didnt expand at all.. was recvered when the moose was skinned.
 
Decker9 said:
Same here, 2550 using H4895 and a 260gr partition. I don’t really shoot past a couple hundred yards, so a friendlier load is easy to do. I find it a different recoil then the fast magnums, a thump/push more so then a snap.
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need to get some dies for the 338.. i have ben shooting 300s since i was a teenager.
 
boxhitch said:
Good on you for exercising the old girl

testing my M77 338 today to be ready for an elk hunt in 2 weeks
the gun has been designated for elk, I have others that will do of course but if I don't make the effort it will never see the light of day :)
225 Interbonds for mine, after the old XLCs are used up
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i remember the old rugers that came in stalinless with a black stock... almost bought another 338 today, to toss on the bike when i go for a drive. I can take my atv right from town to my hunting camp. it was a savage brush hunter.
 
robertnewfoundland68 said:
it has only had a few bullets through it yet. winchester 200s. i have a box of 250 brownings for it, but they are 64 yrars old. waiting on some sakos for it. found superformance, but have had bad performance with that line in the past.... shot a moose from yards and the bullet didnt expand at all.. was recvered when the moose was skinned.
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sounds like a dead moose
 
robertnewfoundland68 said:
i remember the old rugers that came in stalinless with a black stock... almost bought another 338 today, to toss on the bike when i go for a drive. I can take my atv right from town to my hunting camp. it was a savage brush hunter.
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I didn't like the oem plastic so bought mine in SS with the laminate stock, sold the stock for a good price to help pay for a good synthetic

way off topic almost, but hey its CGN
 
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