I'm liking my 338-06.I make my brass from once fired 30-06 brass.Lot of bullets to pick from with a wide variety of weights too.I found it to be very easy to load for.I picked 200gr Nosler Silver Ballistic Tips and Accubonds as my go to bullets.I can get 2800fps with every powder I tried between Varget and 4350 burn range.It shoots fairly flat at that speed.It has the energy level that is close to a 300 Win Mag with a 200gr bullet.I've shot two red deer with mine so far and it performed really well on them.It hits hard.As good as the 30-06 is,when it comes to the heavier bullets,either the 338-06 or 35 Whelen gets a little more power out of the 30-06 case.Either one is an amazing cartridge.

~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
As Bob Hagel would say"You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong."Good words of wisdom...............