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I am really thinking hard on getting one. Would like a medium range "woods rifle", stainless/synthetic. The Hawkeye would be sweet, but who else made them? I know Savage made some. Anyone else?
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Longshot you have a P.M..
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Longshot you have a P.M.. Replied
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Buy a Kimber 84M in 308, 257, or 243 and have it rebarreled with a Lilja 84m mod taper by shooter 71 You have $1500 in it but it will shoot well and last a lifetime. That's the route I took. A bit pricey but it shoots excellent and I really like the Montana platform.
Or have said calibers rebored by JES.
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Sounds like a wonderful tool. Theres great things about 338, 348, and 358 bore moving along at moderate speeds. Enough range and plenty of performance without the need of super premium bullet too. Good ol cup and core work fine. Just so much to like
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I had one built on a 700 action. I like it,but life got in the way and it's just collecting dust. Likes 185 and 210 TTSX over Benchmark..
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I had one built on a 700 action. I like it,but life got in the way and it's just collecting dust. Likes 185 and 210 TTSX over Benchmark.. If it's the one in the classifieds, I saw that. Looks like a great barreled action.
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I had one built on a 700 action. I like it,but life got in the way and it's just collecting dust. Likes 185 and 210 TTSX over Benchmark.. Mine likes 210 Partions over Benchmark.
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Tikka made them as well. I have a T3 in 338 fed that also likes 210 grain partitions over benchmark.
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Savage was making them last I knew.
I have a Tikka T3x that JES re-bored from 243 to 338 Federal.
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It's a small step down from 308 performance with 30-06 recoil.
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I had an early browning A-bolt in 243 (22" sporter) rebored by JES to 338 federal. It shoots 180 Woodleigh Weldcore and 160 Barnes X real well and I use it for elk and hogs in the thick stuff. AA-2230, Benchmark and X-Terminator are good powders.
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A few years back, I took a Savage bolt gun chambered for 338 Federal to Texas and shot a few hogs. I used the Federal Blue Box 200 grain load and enjoyed three bam flop kills. I really like the cartridge and will someday own another rifle so chambered. Likely a Tikka.
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In 1995, Ken Waters wrote a Pet Loads article on the ..338-308 or 338-08 as it was called before Federal adopted it. See Handloader 177. He found it to be better than the .308 and the .358 Winchester, in his widely experienced opinion.
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My Mickey built Federal on a 700 action in a McMillan stock has become my go-to rifle for the Georgia woods. 185 TTSX’s flatten hogs and deer quite nicely......
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160 Barnes into <1/2", w/o the big scope. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/zbHylKD.jpg)
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I think Savage and Sako are the only manufacturers currently chambering for it. Shaw would probably make one for you.
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Mine is a Savage and it outshoots and hits harder then any of my .308's. I am glad I discovered it.
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My Mickey built Federal on a 700 action in a McMillan stock has become my go-to rifle for the Georgia woods. 185 TTSX’s flatten hogs and deer quite nicely...... Would love to hear the specs and see a picture
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