Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game What's Your Favorite 338 Winnie Bullet?

I have developed a few loads for a couple of 338's, they all did real well with RL19, from 200 grain AB's up to the 250 PT's. Currently, if I was going to run 250 PT's, I'd use RL22 as it runs right at 2800 from my Pre 64 Alaskan.

I do agree, the 210 PT over RL19 is just awesome. Runs around 3000 pretty easily from WW cases, and CCI250's. It is flat out a great bullet in my rifle, although it was a little fussier to find accuracy with, again, in my rifle.

This spiker couldn't hold onto one of them..







Last year I hunted with what is probably my favorite bullet so far, the 225 BBC..





With RL17 at 2900, it shoots to the same POI as the 225 PT, so I load about 10 BBC's and 25 225 PT's for hunting.

No elk from last year, but hopefully I can get a field test done on one or two shortly. I am assured they will work well. Looking at the recovered bullets from the jugs, I am inclined to believe them..

I know some folks really like the 250's and I do as well, but for general purpose sorta stuff, up to moose (minus the big bears), its pretty hard to beat what a bonded 200 grain bullet does. Penetrates very well, retains some good frontal area and shoots relatively like a 300 magnum.

200 AB



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Here is a Hornady 225 that was put into the jugs at about 2900 as well. Seems okay from this bullet, but the first one I shot actually tore up much worse and wasn't anything but jacket and lead pieces..

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