I like the 338 RCM. Lots of folks howled like scalded dogs when the 325WSM came out and wasn't a 338. Go figure. Never had a WSM, never likely will.

And not only have I loaded and chronoed loads... I've actually hunted one. A 338RCM slapped into a skeleton stock and with a 2.5-8 is hard to beat, and you simply can't ruin the [bleep]. 490 wasn't quite far enough for this cow to be out of range of a 225NAB launched at a whopping 2600 from that 20" carbine.

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Marketing and advertised velocity be damned, it's a handy elk package, and I'd never carry a long action 24-26" barrel into elk woods again.

"Your range of experience runs that gamut from A to B, plus you're a nitwit. That's a hard combination to overcome, though some people try." - JB