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I will about bet that he saw 338 federal, and read 338 RCM.
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ah bummer ... i want a regular hawkeye all weather in 338 RCM w/ no open sights ... 20" or 22" barrel would be fine ...
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I am so sold on the .338 Win. that I will probably never change. If it recoils too much then the simple suggestion seems to be have your friend load it down to the same specs as the RCM... I shot the 338-06 for a long time until I figured out that the 338 Win was so well balanced that it, with proper handloads, would do anything the 338-06 would do and a whole bunch more if the need arose...I also figured out the difference in recoil was next to nothing in my case. But if one just needs an excuse for another rifle then thats a whole different ball of wax! 
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Having never bought a belted magnum of any description, I am committed to never buying one. Therefor such issues are irrelevant to me  . For those who are willing to own such an outdated case form, of course one can load it to whatever velocity strikes them as useful. Thus, I prefer a larger rather than lesser choice of available cartridges... Dennis
"The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets."
"If you're asking me something technical, you may be looking for My Other Brother Darrell."
"It ain't foot-pounds that kills stuff -- it's broken body parts."
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The 338 RCM does just what my 338-06 has done for the past 14 years which is kill big game rather well. So, though I do not and will not own one, there's no question of its effectiveness in my mind.
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How about a 338RCM AI..
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I am so sold on the .338 Win. that I will probably never change. If it recoils too much then the simple suggestion seems to be have your friend load it down to the same specs as the RCM... I shot the 338-06 for a long time until I figured out that the 338 Win was so well balanced that it, with proper handloads, would do anything the 338-06 would do and a whole bunch more if the need arose...I also figured out the difference in recoil was next to nothing in my case. But if one just needs an excuse for another rifle then thats a whole different ball of wax! Well said!
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Great post as I truly enjoyed this one,and damn it anyhow Ill bet I know whats gonna happen next.........
broken bones broken heart stripped down an torn apart a lil rust but Im still runnin countin miles countin tears twisted roads and shiftin gears year after year its all or nothin Im not home and Im not lost just holdin on 2 what I got...God and Guns
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Are Ruger all weather stocks tupperware/syn or a higher quality?
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Yep, I screwed up today and handled Rugers in 338 RCM and 375 Ruger. There's gonna be a new rifle in the safe shortly!
I was holding out as Kimber showed the Montana in 338 RCM at one point. Doubt that's gonna happen, though.
George
�Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.�
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Yep, I screwed up today and handled Rugers in 338 RCM and 375 Ruger. There's gonna be a new rifle in the safe shortly!
I was holding out as Kimber showed the Montana in 338 RCM at one point. Doubt that's gonna happen, though.
George No sir...you've got it all wrong...  . There ought to be two new rifles in the safe... ! At least...that's what ended up in my safe. Dennis
"The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets."
"If you're asking me something technical, you may be looking for My Other Brother Darrell."
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Had the guys at the local shop put the 338 RCM(blued) on their digital postal scale. 6.52 pounds!!
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OK guys, here's a few facts for you to chew on based on my .338 RCM. I got the stainless/synthetic version. The rifle weighed 6 and 3/4 lbs. out of the box, sans scope. Trigger pull of the new LC6 trigger was exactly 5 lbs., which I lightened a tad. Early groups were a bit large, but the rifle seems to be shooting in nicely now. Best 3-shot group to date was 1.09 in. at 100 yards with Hornady 225 grain SST, which I used to kill a monster bear on Vancouver Island just a week or so ago (squared nearly 7 feet, one shot, double lung, 180 yards, through and through, DRT). Recoil works out to about 30 ft. lbs. with that load -- certainly noticeable, but manageable, unless you pull a rookie move and crowd the scope in your excitement and total focus when proned out shooting a very large bear, but I of course don't know anyone who would do such a dumb thing... In any event, I'm sold on the rifle/cartridge combo and the 20-in. barrel. Just the ticket for hunting big toothy critters in cover.
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I'm guessing that 185 TSX's at 2850-2900 fps will work on smaller antlered critters in the open country too... . Dennis
"The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets."
"If you're asking me something technical, you may be looking for My Other Brother Darrell."
"It ain't foot-pounds that kills stuff -- it's broken body parts."
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I would imagine those would be deadly as sin.
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I don't need to imagine. I know at 2900 the 185 TSX is a fine round. I have only recovered one round from game. Everything shot with it has died.
Randy
Praise the Lord for full Salvation
Christ Still lives upon the throne
And I know the blood still cleansess
Deeper than the sin has gone
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The "grins" in our comments might be there because we know that from experience too... . Dennis
"The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets."
"If you're asking me something technical, you may be looking for My Other Brother Darrell."
"It ain't foot-pounds that kills stuff -- it's broken body parts."
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I will hopefully be shooting one of those 185 grain TSX at a hog next Tues/Wed -- but that will be out of my 338 Fed. Will let you know how it goes.
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I killed a mule deer buck with a 185 TSX out of my .338 Federal, and a dry sow with a 185 TSX out of my .338 RCM...so I am fairly confident that it will work on either creature out of either cartridge... . Dennis
"The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets."
"If you're asking me something technical, you may be looking for My Other Brother Darrell."
"It ain't foot-pounds that kills stuff -- it's broken body parts."
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Yep - looking forward to de-virginizing that rifle.
If you're fixin' to put a hole in something,
make it a hole to remember.
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