338 vs 300 win?
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Huh! I didn't realize it was that much more.
Course, like FLTCHUI was saying with the Ruger #1, different rifle and maybe it would have seemed like even more than that.
As far as being a lot of gun, nah, everyone says they shoot theirs just fine and deny they shoot a .223 that much better at all right?
Huh! I didn't realize it was that much more.
Course, like FLTCHUI was saying with the Ruger #1, different rifle and maybe it would have seemed like even more than that.
As far as being a lot of gun, nah, everyone says they shoot theirs just fine and deny they shoot a .223 that much better at all right?
I used a 338 WM for awhile and it didn't do anything that my 300 WM or 300WSM couldn't do. These days if I was looking for a standard action 300 it would be 300PRC
If I wanted something bigger than 30 caliber I would skip right past the 338's to the 375 Ruger.
If I wanted something bigger than 30 caliber I would skip right past the 338's to the 375 Ruger.
This. Or my 340. Which gives you the better bullets for bears at speeds similar to the 300 WM. - dan
Off the shelf 300 win mag rifle to shoot that load? Not very many.
Gonna need a 1-8.5" twist or faster to shoot that load.
All dependent on what you really want to do with it. the 300wm has some bullet limitations, it can be modified to suit, if you want to do that, the PRC fixed that issue. I bought a 338 in 90, seemed like it was a better choice than the 300 for my purposes, hunting NE & NW BC and AB Foothills, ran a 210gr and a 250gr load in it, didn't kill any better than my 7-08 did with a 140gr. In fact, I was carrying the 7-08 every time when I ran into moose or elk, never did shoot either with the 338, just the way things worked out. Both had their share of spectacular kills, both had some nerve runners. I really liked that 338, it was Rem 700 KS Mtn rifle, from the Custom Shop, with a McMillan stock on it, recoil absorption on that stock was great. Friends that had 300WM's liked it better than theirs. At the time I bought it, I wanted the lightest gun I could get with a 24" bbl, had 9 different ones on the counter, was no contest, and of course, was the 2nd most expensive on on the counter.
If you dont reload, 300WM all day, every day. Lots of makers and loading available, can be had pretty much in any gunstore. I used to run 300 and 338WMs all the time, and while 338WM seemed to hit harder with its heavier bullets, it was a PITA to find ammo. I keep wanting a 338WM, but every time I go to a gun store the selection is next to zero.
