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i would buy a common cartridge either a 338 Win.Mag. or a 375 H&H

.338 Fed for most PA hunting, and lighter, slightly shorter rifle.

.338/06 if you might want a bit more velocity for a flatter trajectory. Some .338 bullets are pretty slippery.

I've seen some good deals on nice .325s on places like CDNN. Pretty sure one could make brass from .300WSM in a pinch.

You could punch it out to 35 Gibbs and be very close to Norma Magnum velocities!

You get good on running jack rabbits and running deer and elk become easy. You'll never get that kind of experience on paper.

"The 338-06 is ballisticly the same as the old 333 Jeffery or just a bit more."

I thought it was closer to the .318 Is it Rigby or Westley- Richards. Damn memory banks are a bit in a funk this afternoon.
Paul B.

B-.39, hands down

Just not a fan of killing just to kill myself but wouldn't condemn somebody for it. If it's good practice for you then kill away!

I'll stick to paper targets and eat what I shoot but I ain't mad at you. Do your thing!

I've heard of this Petrov and seen links to articles of his but none worked. 2150 at 400 grain from an 0-6 case is amazing! Seen enough people claim it that I definitely believe it but hot damn...that's some serious muscle.

True indeed

Not a bad thought

35 whelen is basically a 350 rigby too I think.

What all have you done to this magnificent thing?

Do you hunt bears in PA ?? Your bears are world class. You never know, in PA when you may be face to face with a black bear that dwarfs most inland grizz. I do know that there's a decent number of PA bear hunters that subscribe to the belted .37 school.

Yep.

338 Federal, easy to make brass from .308 Win. and plenty of oomph for anything in PA.

I live in westmoreland county now but my camp is in crawford county. Canadohta lake. Uncle who's place is a half mile away sent picture of a bear track next to tape measure... 13". Probably 6-700 pound bear. Is that not something a 7-08 or mag, 30-06 or 35 whelen can't take? I think any of those will work fine. I want a new medium bore for want, not need. A 30-06 WILL kill anything on earth. I greatly appreciate the power/aura of 375 h&h and it's a strong choice now. But def not needed for anything in North America.

I've long wanted a 375 h&h or 338 Winnie. Really wanting to look into rebore of one of my -06 family to 400 whelen now. Just too many damn good choices.

Rear track. About 7-8 inches wide at least.

Black bears are very timid..even the ole "mother with cubs"

Stand beside a dead 700 pounder once and get back to me as to what rifle you REALLY wish you had your hands wrapped around if you saw it live......... 😉

Gotta love a 70 Featherweight. They're like looking at fine art.