My 338-06 started out a a Remington 700 Long Range 30-06 that I sent to JES to rebore to a 338-06.So far I've taken two red deer with it and it performs very well.One was taken with a 200gr Accubond,the other was taken with a 200gr Nosler Silver Ballistic Tip.Both these bullets shoot the same POI out of my rifle.
I use Lee 338-06 A-Square dies.I use once-fired 30-06 Winchester brass I buy from crod1972 (250) Win 30-06 1 x fired 45.00 tyd.You can't beat that price,you just gotta watch out for when he post brass up here on the forum,it usually goes quick.Resizing it is easy,just make sure to lube the inside of the neck well since your necking the brass up.After sizing the brass,it's going to be just a tad short on length,but that has no affect on it what so ever.I've only shot 200gr Nosler Silver Ballistic Tips,200gr Accubonds and 210gr Nosler Partitions.They run around 2800fps and it shoots about as flat as a 30-06 with 165gr.As for powders,just about everything between Varget to 4350.I use a WLRM Primer in mine.I really don't see much difference between the WLR and the WLRM primers,so I quit buying standard primers and just shoot the magnum primers in my 308 Win,30-06,338-06,7mag and 300 mag.Some of the powders I shoot are ball powder and they recommend a magnum primer.
Here are some of my loads:
180gr Accubond 58.0grs Varget 3010fps
180gr Accubond 60.0grs Big Game 2940fps
200gr Accubond 60.0grs 760
200gr Accubond 62.0grs H4350 2740fps
200gr Accubond 63.0grs Hunter 2730fps
200gr Accubond 59.5grs BLC-2 2830fps
200gr Accubond 56.0grs Varget 2849fps
210gr Partition 54.0grs Varget 2721fps
200gr Accubond 59.0grs CFE223 2807fps
200gr Accubond 59.0grs Big Game 2812fps
200gr Accubond 61.0grs Accurate 4350 2661fps
210gr Partition 59.0grs Accurate 4350 2777fps
