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Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later. Tonk #3772611 02/08/10
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 685 Mass and Maine M meddybemps Campfire Regular
meddybemps Campfire Regular M Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 685 Mass and Maine	Why this cartridge isn't more popular here in northern New England is a bit of a mystery. It should be a natural.Jack O'Connor once wrote that he thought the ideal eastern deer rifle would be a .33 caliber based on the 7x57 case. The .338 Federal is about as close as you can get and you can get it in a variety of short action rifles. Part of the problem perhaps is that the .30 calibers just plain work here and traditions die hard. I doubt that I have seen more than one or two .338 Federals on the racks in the gunshops here. I'd be willing to bet that those rifles are still there gathering dust and perhaps a few fingerprints. You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

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A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	Jeffrey	02/04/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	Mark R Dobrenski	02/04/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	muledeer	02/04/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	RugerDude	02/04/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	GregW	02/04/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	muledeer	02/04/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	Dawn2Dusk	02/04/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	himmelrr	02/04/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	mathman	02/04/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	muledeer	02/04/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	Mark R Dobrenski	02/04/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	muledeer	02/04/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	prm	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	blargon	02/13/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	bigsqueeze	02/04/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	battue	02/04/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	RugerDude	02/04/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	muledeer	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	ringworm	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	bigsqueeze	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	Jeffrey	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	tbare	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	prm	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	Kentucky_Windage	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	jimmyp	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	338Federal	02/06/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	prm	02/06/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	bigsqueeze	02/07/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	Tonk	02/07/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	writing_frog	02/07/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	battue	02/07/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	338Federal	02/08/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	Tonk	02/08/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	meddybemps	02/08/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	Tonk	02/08/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	jimmyp	02/09/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	muledeer	02/09/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	Kentucky_Windage	02/09/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	writing_frog	02/09/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	338Federal	02/11/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	writing_frog	02/06/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	338Federal	02/07/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	bigsqueeze	02/07/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	muledeer	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	Reloder28	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	muledeer	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	prm	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	jimmyp	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	coyo	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	muledeer	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	Jeffrey	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	mathman	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	65BR	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	Kentucky_Windage	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	TimZ	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	VarmintGuy	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	Mark R Dobrenski	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	writing_frog	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	temmi	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	Jeffrey	02/05/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	Jeffrey	02/07/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	scottfromdallas	02/07/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	todbartell	02/13/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	jimmyp	02/13/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	Spotshooter	02/13/10
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	akmtnrunner	07/01/16
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	R_H_Clark	07/01/16
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	scottfromdallas	07/01/16
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	jwall	07/01/16
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	JPro	07/01/16
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	scottfromdallas	07/01/16
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	peaceman	01/11/17
Re: A look at the 338 Federal 3 years later.	JoshK	10/05/21

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