I just picked up a match 338/06 reamer from PTG for a customer who wanted to set the throat where he wanted it vs. having the deep throats on some of those stock reamers.
Saddlesore had always commented that 200+ grain bullets from an 06 or 300 mag just seemed to anchor elk a heck of a lot faster than 180’s, and the guy has shot well over 40 elk.. probably over 50 or more so I’ve always thought about 338/06 but never built one for myself yet. I’ve had a couple there 358 win’s, and a 338 federal but they ran just a tad slow for what I wanted, but performed really well non the less.
Anyway, I’ll be building one on an 06 action pretty soon.. I like them more than the 35 Whelen due to the shoulder being a bit more there with the 338, and a bit more velocity as well, it should preform really well.
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