Great thread,I've enjoyed the different perspectives. I've had my M70 XTR since 1981.Shot a few 250's in it but the recoil was pretty rough, so I started shooting some loads with 200 gr Horn SP's and 200 Speers. Loaded to 2900+ they are hard on the deer I've shot with them so now I only load them to 2700-2800fps. Still kill the deer just fine. I've stashed some 250's and some old 275 gr Speer's in case I need to use the heavy bullets. You guys from the north country atleast get to use your 338's for what they were designed for, can't imagine using one for pronghorns. Magnum Man
Well, you could very well use a .338WM for pronghorn hunting at extended range. Just load some of the numerous 180-grain bullets. Federal used to load some 180 grainers that shot out of the .338 with similar ballistics as the ones for the .300WM with 180-grain NOS Partition, or something like minus 1-1/2" under the .30 bullet at 500 yards. I don't know if Federal still loads it, but it was there about a year ago. I just don't have any use for any .338 loads with any bullet weight under 225 grains.
