Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Scratch that 338-06 itch

Just came into a bunch of Superior Ammunition, headstamped brass, bullets, and dies. I've got a M70 laying about so plan next winter to have the factory barrel copied but in 338 then screw it on and see what happens. Pretty damned good looking round in person.

That round has always intrigued me. I look forward to hearing how your project comes together

Stock is a nice trim Winchester factory with nary a.cheekpiece.and some good grain. Darned thing weighs 2 lbs with a recoil pad on the scale. Hoping a tad over 8.5 lbs with a straight tube scope will be the ticket.

Why not get it rebored?I had JES rebore a 30-06 to a 338-06 and it shoots awesome.It cost me $250.00 to have it done and he did it and returned it to me in two weeks.I make my brass running once-fired 30-06 brass once through my 338-06 dies.Brass comes up just a tad short in length but that has no affect on it.One of the easiest cartridges to load for too.

It is a pretty easy deal to see if you’ll like the cartridge. Haven’t had a stinker from JES yet. I just got back a 1-10 9.3x62 on a Ruger a few weeks back. Looking forward to seeing what it does but the bore feels pretty good when I patched it out.

Figure if I copy the factory barrel and.didnt like it could always put the original barrel right back on. My gun plumber will.sell me a copied Dougie.barrel for 285 bucks.

That’s not a bad deal if he doesn’t charge a pile to install and chamber it.

Like.i.said 285

338-06 is one of my favorites!

Cliff LaBounty rebored my M700 30-06 in 1993 and, bedded in a take off M700 KS Mountain Rifle stock, is a handy piece. It has done well for me over the years and will, hopefully, tag along for a northern BC goat, elk and moose hunt in September.

I’ve got a Kimber Montana at JES right now getting punched to 338-06 and chopped to 21 inches. Should be a handy 6 pound scoped mountain rifle when it’s all done.

That does sound like a fun round. It would be a great pig slayer round. Look at all of these on new lease in Wiergate

Man, this pile of 250 rn bullets is good looking for punching piggies or about anything else.

Gonna build a round pen, catch all of them. Then the fun starts.

I built my 338-06 in 2000... it’s a neat round, beautiful looking, that does nothing a 30-06 already does.

It is a lot less boring than a 30-06.

It actually does nothing that a whole lot of other cartridges do.
But I certainly like mine.

''bout that same time the gunsmith and I wend round and round discussing building a 338-06, In the end I decided since I planning on catching a lot of planes to far-off places I punted and had him build a 30-06.

In all these years, I never once had ammo not show up. Oh, well.

Though I still have a Mauser action in the safe whispering to me....

Nothing wrong with necking up '06 brass, but yes, it will get short, around 2.465" at best. If you want brass that's the "correct" length, just neck down .35 Whelen.
But of course the OP already has correctly headstamped commercial brass, so no problem.
Cheers,
Rex

Seriously? Your 'smith is going to provide the Douglas blank, turn it to match your current barrel profile, and install it on your rifle for $285.
If so, would you please, please share his name and address?
Cheers,
Rex

I had the same conversation with my smith when I wanted him to build me a 30 caliber rifle. "30-06 is too boring" 300 H&H it was.