Luke,
A 210gr at 2760 fps from a 21" seems like a good hunting load with moderate recoil.
Did you consider a 30-06 with 200gr bullet before going with the 338 project? 2650-2700 fps seems reasonable with a little less bullet weight and better BC depending on bullet.
Jason
I looked at that long and hard. Mainly came down to me going able to load up 250 Aframes for dedicated brown bear hunts if I want (yes I know 200 or 220 paritions would do just as well).
I was getting 2820 with 200 HotCores in this 338-06 pretty easily too which is pretty stellar as well in the 21" barrel.
20% larger in bullet area starting out could be interesting, yes its less SD for the same bullet weight than a .30 cal.
But mostly cause I wanted to be different and try something new.
Everyone has a 30-06....and for good reason for sure!
