Interest in 338 Federal
- Thread starter slinkylegs
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I woke up to a bone chilling +27C this morning ............... I may suck , but at least my teeth won't freeze when I do lol .
Well @ 1 am, I got a call from my daughter... she spun out on black ice on the way home from work... hit the frozen snow bank and blew the rear driver side tire off the rim. I jumped in the truck to go help her...
My transmission was seriously pissed thatbI was asking it to move, my azz was pissed that I placed it on concrete seats. By the time I got there...
Ever change a tire at -36*C... nothing works right, jack, torque wrench or my fingers... got it done while reassuring my daughter it was all good and swearing under my breath... still in my plaid PJ pants, looking like a hobo. Lol.
My transmission was seriously pissed thatbI was asking it to move, my azz was pissed that I placed it on concrete seats. By the time I got there...
Ever change a tire at -36*C... nothing works right, jack, torque wrench or my fingers... got it done while reassuring my daughter it was all good and swearing under my breath... still in my plaid PJ pants, looking like a hobo. Lol.
Yeah, she is all good... the extreme cold built up ice crystals on the pavement. The guy in front of her spun out, so she hit the brakes and then she did a 360 and hit the bank... shook her up a bit. Just blew the tire off the rim and knock a plastic body shield off from underneath. Driving to get to her I noted the roads looked bone dry, but the ice was ninja slick. Just getting out of bed... will check the car out more closely later. Thanks.Yikes. That’s Cold
hope she’s ok
- Location
- Barrie Ont. Canada
I also was intrigued by the 338 Fed and needed to have one. I ended up building this Rem 600 338 fed and completed it this past summer. I have now shot a total of one bullet from it hunting and the moose didn't take another step. Light and easy to carry, quick to shoulder and was a pleasure to hunt with. So far very pleased with the accuracy from factory 200gr fusion (what i used for moose) and 210 partition's. Was ringing steel at 350m.
I had my brother load up some 180 TTSX that I have not tried yet. (because its also -32 here this morning).
I've picked up some dies and collecting brass for now until i start reloading for it.
20" Douglas barrel
Timney trigger
Custom walnut stock
Duracoat finish
Leupold vx3 2.5-8
When looking for parts for this I ended up finding a used rem 700 22-250 barrel that someone had sent to JES to re-boar to 338 fed. When I find the right action ill probably build another one with it.
I had my brother load up some 180 TTSX that I have not tried yet. (because its also -32 here this morning).
I've picked up some dies and collecting brass for now until i start reloading for it.
20" Douglas barrel
Timney trigger
Custom walnut stock
Duracoat finish
Leupold vx3 2.5-8
When looking for parts for this I ended up finding a used rem 700 22-250 barrel that someone had sent to JES to re-boar to 338 fed. When I find the right action ill probably build another one with it.
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- Location
- That one place with a cowboy complex
338 Federal in an M14 - not at all practical but I want one anyway.
-32c here at the house. I don’t remember if I ever changed a tire at -35c but got stock in the bush at -50c( yeah you read that right and that is w/o windchill factor) we were looking for caribou on the demster highway and the first night was -35c and all went well, the second night we were down in the Ogilvie River valley at engineer creek and we woke up at about 4-5 am to start the truck … no go of course, so we had a geni so tried that out no go, so we thought no problem, we will start the Colman stove in the tent put the sleeping bag over top as insulation and warm up the geni… long story short nothing was working. We got the maintenance camp and they had to tow the truck in and thaw it out for a few hours in the shop for us to keep going… going back home that is!!
- Location
- Barrie Ont. Canada
Thanks. My brother was the custom stock maker.nice rifle, custom stock maker should be acknowledged too maybe
Steel bottom metal?
Yes aluminum bottom
