The .35-Whelen started the ball rolling years ago, as it gave many hunters the big bullet they needed for such game as bears and moose etc. All this without the price of what it cost to own a model 70 Winchester in the .375H&H caliber.
Then the wildcat known as the .338/06 came along, after Elmer Keiths .333 caliber appeared. The .338/06 is the most logical and gives the hunter all he or she needs in despatching the largest of big game animals. Now days, it is a shoe in with reloaders, as there are so many good bullet weights to choose from as well as premium bullets to get the job done on bigger animals. It is pretty quick too, when you stoke it up with those 180 or 200 grain bullets! 2900 feet per second out of a 24 inch barrel, is not hard to achieve at all. It will do anything the .338 Win mag will do under 250 yards!
