Wouldn't any flavor of 338 bullet from any 338 cal chambered rifle terminate deer pretty easy? Even the old and milder one like 33 Win, 338 Federal, and 338 Marlin xpress are no weak sisters. Move on up the ladder into 338-06, 338RCM, 338 win and its pretty serious territory. Really how could anything fired from a 338 not be really effective on little deer?
No,
They don't.
Take something like the 250gr Sierra GK. One a broadside shot on deer, they just poke a hole straight through. They will expand a little bit, but not much.
Years ago dad and I both killed antelope, his with the .338 250gr game king, mine with a .277 130gr NBT. We skinned them and hung them in the back yard. The neighbor came over looked at the wounds, saying how impresses he was with the huge holes from the .338.
Problem was, those big holes were from my .270 Winchester.
