Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters 338 FEDERAL...Popularity? Experience?

My thoughts, would be if the 338 fed is the equal to the 7 Rem mag then get them both to top end and see how they run...so lets take a look at what they're capable. So we zero em both at 100 even and rock on

338 Fed/160 BarnesTTSX(.342 BC @ 2900) 7 Rem mag/160 Noz(.475 BC @ 3100)

300 yd drop=12.6 300 yd drop=10
400 yd drop=28.9 400 yd drop=22
500 yd drop=53.7 500 yd drop=40
600 yd drop=88.8 600 yd drop=66
700 yd drop=136.8 700 yd drop=98

So lets see how they comp out in terms of drop

@300 yds the 338 Fed drops 2.6" more
@400 yds the 338 Fed drops 6.9" more
@500 yds the 338 Fed drops 13.7" more
@600 yds the 338 Fed drops 22.8" more
@700 yds the 338 Fed drops 38.8" more

Hmm how's the old equal game working out here, I'd say not so good when it comes to drop...

Now you also mentioned energy, a term that doesn't do a ton for me but we'll go that route as well

338 Fed 7 Rem

300 yds=1763 300 yds=2371
400 yds=1454 400 yds=2085
500 yds=1191 500 yds=1826
600 yds=968 600 yds=1593
700 yds=784 700 yds=1384

So now lets see how they comp out in terms of Energy

@300 yds the 338 Fed has 608 less Energy
@400 yds the 338 Fed has 631 less Energy
@500 yds the 338 Fed has 635 less Energy
@600 yds the 338 Fed has 625 less Energy
@700 yds the 338 Fed has 600 less Energy

So now perhaps we take a look at speed and how it goes for the two..

338 338 Fed 7 Rem

300 yds=2278 300 yds=2584
400 yds=2023 400 yds=2423
500 yds=1831 500 yds=2268
600 yds=1651 600 yds=2117
700 yds=1486 700 yds=1974

(not sure how far beyond 500 the 160 will reliably open?

So how do they comp out in terms of speed?

@300 yds the 338 Fed is 306 fps slower
@400 yds the 338 fed is 400 fps slower
@500 yds the 338 Fed is 437 fps slower
@600 yds the 338 Fed is 466 fps slower
@700 yds the 338 Fed is 488 fps slower


Guess we can look at this a lot of ways, but in terms of the 338 Federale being an equal to the 7 Rem I think I'll take a pass on that theory...

Just my thoughts on said subject

Dober


(side note, personally I like em both and could easily use em both but I am also quite aware of what they are and what they're not...)