I also have both a .338 Winchester Magnum and a 9.3x62.
The .338 has a 22" barrel, the 9.3x62 a 23.6". They're both fairly light rifles, the .338 7-3/4 pounds scoped, the 9.3x62 8 pounds. In recent years I've used the .338 mostly with bullets of around 200 grains at 2900-3000 fps, and find that it works great, killing more quickly than with heavier bullets, and recoiling less.
With heavier bullets I tend to use the 9.3x62, since it just about matches the .338's muzzle velocity with 250's (around 2650 fps), with noticeably less recoil. With 286's it's a great killer at the moderate ranges typical of African thornbush or American timber hunting.
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