The 225 gr Trophy Bonded Bear Claw. Good penetration, wide wound channel,
and little if any bloodshot meat. Also, few if any bits of copper in the wound channel.
I only have 50 left and then i will start using NPT's or buy some new factory loads.
Elk, Mule deer, whitetail deer.
There has been some discussion about barrel lengths, bullet weights, velocities and loads since I posted this. My rifle is a 23" Winchester Model 70, cut down from 26".
Factory loads;
210 Nosler Partitions 2830+-.
225 TBBC 2640+-.
225 TBBC HE 2780+-.
Hand loads-These have given me the best consistency and accuracy.;
225 TBBC, I/L, NPT 2740+-. 76 gr RE-22.
About 20 fps variation depending on bullet.
210 NPT 2850+-. 74 gr RE-19.
I've also used 180 NBT's, 200gr Speer and 200 gr NBT's. I wouldn't use them on elk though.
I was a little disappointed with the velocities at first. I used to read Bob Hagel's stuff on the .338 so I hope that is easy to understand. As Brad says,a .338 is a lot like an '06 in terms of velocities with bullets of comparable SD's.
