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To Flashman, Rocky Raab, Vic in Va, Big Redhead, bcp.....

Take a look at these two videos. Both are posted at,,,shootingtimes.com. Sorry but there`s no direct link.

On the home page just below the video section box, click onto "view all"..Then towards the upper right corner click "cartridges"...Scroll down until you find a 2 min 12 sec video called "338 Federal Rifle Cartridge." In that video you`ll see Boddington shooting a Ruger Frontier chambered in a 338 Federal at some steel plates.

While still in that same section, click onto "optics" at the same upper right corner. Scroll down until you find a 1 min 24 sec video called "Variable vs Low powered Fixed Scopes" with Wayne Van Zwoll. There too, you`ll see Van Zwoll bench shooting a Ruger Frontier with a Leupy scout scope. That Ruger Frontier that Van Zwoll is shooting is a 300 WSM Frontier, which he used on a New Zealand red stag hunt. That particular video was filmed in New Zealand while on that hunt. That article can be read in the `08 Ruger catalog. Van Zwoll was using 300 WSM factory ammo.

Cannot gauge the noise levels, but in your opinions, do either of these two Ruger Frontiers seem overwhelming as far as blast is concerned coming from their muzzles? You do see a small fireball from Van Zwoll`s 300 WSM Frontier, but no fireball from Boddington`s 338 Federal Frontier.

Imo, a 308 would have less a visual muzzle blast than either the 338 Fed or a 300 WSM when fired from a Frontier.