With the little 338 Federal, if you forgo all the useless ballistic tip and boattail bllsht, what you end up with is 225 grain bullets that eat up no powder capacity. For the type of hunting you would use a 338 Federal for, you don't really need the overly long bullets.
With dense ball powders, you're looking at 48-50 grains of powder capacity under that 225 grainer. A very efficient place to be with a 20" barrel.
Of course you'll have a bit more range with the 338-06 and more opportunity to use the heavier, overly long boat tail bullets like a 225 grain ttsx.
Then there's the 358 Winchester. It easily launched 275 grainers just as deep into big bull moose as 9.3 caliber 300 grainers and 41 caliber 350 grainers.
With the painful expense of gun powder nowadays, the 338 Federal is looking even better.......
