After reading this thread, when my own post was on page one....
I can follow up on my 338/06 with this...a Model 70 Control Round Feed model..
it is my one "load and forget" rifle in the cabinet...
I use 3 bullets that I have a bunch still around, although I don't know if any of them are even made anymore..
200, 225 and 250 grain Hornady SPs....
anything I have pointed the rifle at, and pulled the trigger, dropped on the spot.... no following blood trails into brush or anything else..
bang flop... whether running or standing still...
rebored to 338/06 from a 270... and added a Bell and Carlson stock to it from the Factory Stock... took down the weight..
a Leupold 2 x 7 shotgun scope is all it needed or uses on top...
Have loaded it up, have loaded it down...
two extremes on that statement.... SR4759 with a 200 grain Hornady SP... 2400 fps... duplicates an old 33 Winchester...
250 gr Hornady SP or RN... 62.5 grains of H 380.. 2650 fps... serious punch....
H 380 is an overlooked powder in this cartridge.... 65 grains with 200 grain bullets, 64 grains with 225 grain bullets... 62.5 with 250 grain bullets..
all three different bullet weights.... 50 grains of 4064, each one 2500 fps MV, and same point of impact pretty much, at 100 yds.. flexible...
the 338/06 kills stuff...
always thought about I had to have a 338/06 and 35 Whelen... after doing the 338/06, never had the need to do a Whelen...
this from a guy, when I usually hunt with my 30/06, the load is usually a stiff load of H 4831 with a 220 gr RN or a 220 gr SMP Partition, at about 2800+ or so FPS...
yeah, it'll do that in an 06....
I don't need a thumper when I hunt most of the time... but when I do... its the 338/06 or the 30/06 with 220 grainers...my preference is the 338/06....
just because I guess it is rarer than the 06.... and seems to be an upgrade over the 06... and I don't notice anything less than the 338 Win Mag in performance, just felt recoil.
The rifle just gives a lot of confidence to ya, to get any job ya give it in North America, DONE...
