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Lack of field experience, that's how...

I can agree for the most part, which means we should spend less time/money on that stuff and more on tags and trips! The $$ to rebarrel you Kimber would probably have covered a whitetail hunt in ID. I bet it turns out pretty cool though...

Ahh, nothing quite like ballistic gak! I've been using the 210 Nosler Partition for years in my 338 Win Mag, on everything from 8' Grizzlies to Idaho Whitetails. Fortunately none of them have read the "ballistic gak", they just fall over and die! The only one that required a second shot was a Whitetail that I shot as he was streaking across a river bottom. The second one tipped him right over. It's the perfect match for the 338 Win Mag and I don't even try other bullets anymore. I'm sure they'd work, but the 210's are a proven killer for me. I carried some 185 TSX's last year, but shot my deer with the 210.

I dropped a 20" black bear with the 210xlc out of my 338 Rum going 3150 at the muzzle. It was damn impressive how fast that bear hit the ground.

The gal at the sporting goods store gave me a box of the Federal 225 Accubonds for the 338 Rum. I decided to pick up a second box too. They shot moa in my rifle, and had the same poi at 100 as the 210xlc! The federal box says they have a muzzle velocity of 3020 and still pack 4045 ft-lbs of energy at 100yds.. Looking forward to pounding a few bears with the 225 accubond!

Being able to shoot a 160 grain bullet all the way up to a 300 grain bullet is where the 338 really shines. The is not another caliber that can do this.

Actually, in the 375 H&H one can shoot 220 gr Hornady flat nose bullets as well as 380 gr rhinos from SA.

160-300=140 grain spread
220-380=160 grain spread

Cool learn something everyday.

"A friend of mine has been to Africa several times and shot 3 cape buffalo. He was using a 416 Rigby, with solids. He also has taken an elephant. These light fragmenting bullets hold no water in there argument when it comes to thick hided dangerous game like cape buffalo."

Yeah, let's compare a 200 grain ballistic tip to a .416 solid for African African DG. Yup, another moronic statement from an arm chair hunter. Let's compare a Volkswagon bug to a Armored personal carrier. I know the difference is hard for you to comprehend.

So let me get this straight Jony, you have been hunting with the .338 for 20+ years and you have a hand full of elk to your name. Keep hunting those roads, one is bound to run across in front of you. Flinch

Pesky varmint rifle shooters. Darn, almost as irritating as mosquitoes.

I'll stick with the recommendations from the bullet manufactures, thank you.

Flinch your friend make wise decision to choice solid. Otherwise he should have fast legs to run...as buffalo and elephant is normally shot from 50-60 yrds...lol

Wasn't my friend that used the solids. I was quoting Jon's moronic comparison statement. Flinch

Hey Flinch, when are you going hunting for the big coastal Browns in Alaska with your 243?

Who ever mentioned coastal Browns or Cape Buffalo with a .243 in this thread? I think you're the only one...

Deer and elk are NOT Brown bear and Cape Buff...

Sooner or later these kind of threads turn into crap and everyone looses interest. I want to thank everyone whom responded, there is a lot great info here and a ton of experience to back it up.

When have you actually hunted anything other than your wiener hiding under your fat gut? Flinch

JWP-475, I suppose if you look at the energy that compares the .338/06 to the .338 Win mag, the win mag is just a 125 yards better when looking at the energy developed. I realize anything I ever shot was never killed by frigging energy but I would still say the .338-06 is a 250 to 300 yard bull elk caliber. The .338 win mag you can reach out further is all and still penetrate plenty into the body of that bull elk. Most guys I know would not shoot over 300 yards on an elk for fear of missing the critter, us older hunters don't see as well anymore. Nonetheless there's an old boy who works for Nosler Bullets that never had any problems knocking down the grizzly that wanted to eat him that day, guys name is "CHUB"

Not directly, but everything you ever killed relied on energy transferred from the bullet to do the damage that resulted in the death of the animal. A bullet can�t transfer energy it doesn�t have and the velocity of the bullet has a major bearing on the speed of the energy transfer. (As do other factors like the bullet�s design, etc.)