I have had two 338 WM and could never get my head around them. Hunted with a 35 Whelen for a lot of years with good success, the caliber has had more one shot knock downs than the 338's, 7 mag, 30-06, and 280. The 35 rivals the 375H&H. To that end, forsaking all others, the 9.3mm fills the bill quite nicely in the recoil/accuracy/on game performance department, also with a 250gr Accubond the trajectory is surprisingly good as is the power of the 286's at ranges large big game should be shot.
Not fancy but served many a SA farmer well.
On the other hand I've had more one shot knock downs with the 338 win mag than with the 374 H&H. Just how it works sometimes, doesn't mean much other than that's what happened.
