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Sweet! I used to have a Sendero in 338 RUM. I named it "the shoulder tenderizer" 😳

i'll find out with my collar bone that was dislocated and healed out of place, the 45-70 doesn't bother it.

My dad did the same thing when he wrecked a 4 wheeler.

He says recoil does not bother it.


What sort of 338 did you get?

Probably not but even though you like that rifle....I'm not sure I'd risk it.

It depends on how you hold your rifle. 😉

I’ve seen guys shoot and wonder how they didn’t dislocate a testicle by the way they “shouldered” their rifle. Somehow I get the impression that you’re more savvy than others...besides the fact that I don’t take you for a sissy.

Don't get me wrong, I think it's a great caliber. I used to push 250 grain partitions at just under 3000 ft./s. It's hard to say no to that. I wish Remington still made rifles in 338 RUM. For whatever reason, that Sendero just kicked the [bleep] out of me! It kicked quite a bit more than my 340 MkV-that's saying something!

got a 700 BDL from Gene Williams

Ha! That looks like it might be a bit sporty!

'If you run into an arse hole in the morning, you ran into an [bleep]. If you run into [bleep] all day, you're the arse hole.' -Raylan Givens


You run into arse holes all day, Firehose. Wonder why? Your buddy John thinks I am deflave and a dozen others (same John who you got another member's personal info from and posted here). Apparently everyone in OR is not only a victim, but retarded (except the liberal, who is just retarded). GanjaFarmer excepted.

he has 180s loaded at just over 3400fps doubt it would be much more on recoil than my 300 rum shooting 200s at 3200fps.

I got the Pendleton dekicker on my 340. Kicks a little less than a 270 with 225gr bullets. I can shoot it prone: bonus.

I had an 1895 and shooting that off the bench wasn't fun with max loads and 350gr bullets. Standing up it was fine.

I'd have to check, but I THINK I was slinging 185's in my 340 on my first load workup. First shot with the rifle I wondered if I'd [bleep] up in the loading. Nope. The dekicker did its job.

When the Mossberg 835 was first introduced and 3 1/2” magnums were new to the 12ga line I watched a guy laying against a dike (not dyke) shoulder his gun and fire at some ducks overhead. He had his shoulder against the dike when he fired and I watched him drop his shotgun because he snapped his collarbone from the recoil. Same spot a few weeks later I heard an extraordinarily loud shotgun report and looked up to see a guy not only blow his shotgun up from a bad reload but it knocked his ass off the dike and into the high tide unconscious. I took off to rescue him but there were a couple guys closer that saw it too and they hauled him out of the bay. That dude was lucky he didn’t drown, lose his face or die from hypothermia in the 42* water. When he regained consciousness he said “that’s the last time I have my buddy reload for me”. 🙄

I’ve owned and shot most calibers and love my .338wm but all things considered the worst kicking gun that I’ve shot was my buddies BSA 7mm mag. That thing would loosen your fillings.

I never used anything lighter than 225grs in any of my 338s(340 and 338-378 Roy, 338 Win, and 338 Ultra) I thought about trying the 210 NP? I do remember that the 250s seem to kick quite a bit harder than the 225s. Eventually I settled on 225 NPs for everything but the 338–378. For that I mostly shot 300 grain Matchkings.

My .338 will shoot everything into one ragged hole if I do my job but the 210 Partitions wouldn’t group for squat. The original X bullet that people complained about was my favorite at the time, that and the 230(?) failsafe. I’ve settled on 225’s for everything in the .338.

i'll probably load some 250 accubonds up/

That was right after I got the gun from my great uncle Tommy. Grabbed a box of 185's on sale somewhere just to make some ammo with the cases he gave with the rifle. Running 225's right now. Got some 50ish year old 210 Partitions from Tommy too but keeping them for nostalgic purposes. Got a partial box of same era Hornady 250gr RN nickel plated bullets. Those make for great gifts for friends who know WTF they are. I do have a box of 100 250gr RN bullets on standby for when I get through the 225's.

and probably get it reamed to use 300 rum brass necked up.

They work well in my 338.

I never did get to try the failsafe. Sounds like it was one hell of a bullet.