.338 Marlin Express

[Slooshark1]

Does anybody have one of these? Ever shoot anything with it? What's the recoil like?

 

[Jeepguy]

little to ne recoil as ammo is impossible to find making it impossible to shoot

 

[wayne37]

I tried one, get a 308, ammo is cheaper and easier to get.

 

[Slooshark1]

True but the .338 is a .338!!

 

[wayne37]

True but the .338 is a .338!!

Whatever your shooting won't know the difference....just sayin

 

[Slooshark1]

Yes, I know. I just inherited a .33 WCF and I'm kind of wondering how the two cartridges compare.

 

[bedrock]

The 338 Marlin is awfully close to the 30.06 in performance. The 338 has about 19 ft lbs of recoil with a 210 grain bullet in an 8 lb rifle which is fairly mild.

 

[bedrock]

Ackley's book shows the 33WCF pushing a 200 gr bullet anywhere from 1600 to 2400 fps. The new 338 moves a 210 gr in the 2500/2600 fps range. Reasonably close. Ackley wrote " The .33WCF was a powerful cartridge which has given a good account of itself on all types of North American game". It became obsolete in 1936.

 

[Whelen B]

Got a friend beginning to reload for it with the 200FTX. Just printed off this 4 him - http://www.hornady.com/assets/files/ftx_load_data/338-marlin-express.pdf

 

[Slooshark1]

I reloaded some of the FTXs for the 33WCF but they won't feed through the action properly. The Hornady flat nose bullets work beautifully.