I have a good freind that has used the 338 rum on 2 elk and 1 muley buck. It definetyly works.
I was surprised at how easy that thing is to shoot even with the plastic stock. Gotta have good scope rings the weavers would shake loose after about 6 rounds when we did the initial sighing in.

the most expensive bullet there is isn't worth a plug nickel if it don't go where its supposed to.
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