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Re: Is the 338 Federal popular in Africa? Calif. Hunter #12838926 05/03/18
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seattlesetters Campfire Regular Joined: May 2009 Posts: 2,262 PNW	Originally Posted by Calif. Hunter It isn't popular for all the reasons stated above. On our Africa trip a few years ago, the three of us had a .35 Whelen, a .338-06 and a .358 Win. They all worked just fine on all the plains game we shot, including blue wildebeest, hartebeest, zebra, kudu, nyala, waterbuck, etc. One shot kills all. 225 gr partitions in all. OFS! None of those are popular, either. They worked insanely well, though. I believe the .338 Federal would have worked just as well, or better. What could be a sadder way to end a life than to die having never hunted with great dogs, good friends and your family?

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Re: Is the 338 Federal popular in Africa? Brian #12840223 05/04/18
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jdollar Campfire Member J Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 457 Georgia	The original question was”is the .338 Federal popular popular?”. And the overwhelming answer is no. It’s not a question of “ will it work?”. Of course it will work. So will at least a dozen other useless cartridges. Weatherbys, Lazzoronis, various wildcats, Ackely Improved, etc., and a host of other junk will all work- but they are not “popular” and offer no significant gain over the favorites....an animal can’t tell the difference between a 150grbullet moving at 2700fps and one moving at 2800fps. Last edited by jdollar; 05/04/18.

Re: Is the 338 Federal popular in Africa? jdollar #12840766 05/04/18
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Crockettnj Campfire Tracker C Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 6,203	Originally Posted by jdollar ... Americans have a love affair with making something new that “improves “ on something that already exists and works just fine. African don’t..... They havent had a new thought since Fire. Maybe slave trading. Originally Posted by Archerhunter Quit giving in inch by inch then looking back to lament the mile behind ya and wonder how to preserve those few feet left in front of ya. They'll never stop until they're stopped. That's a fact.

Re: Is the 338 Federal popular in Africa? Brian #12841898 05/05/18
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jdollar Campfire Member J Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 457 Georgia	They don’t need a new thought. They have plenty of ingenious American telling them a magic bullet traveling at 2800 fps is MUCH better than the same bullet traveling 2750fps, especially if said magic cartridge is .10” shorter than standard loads and uses 2 grains less powder. African PH’s tend to shoot animals and not chronographs and paper.

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