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I have a Sako in .338 Federal. Am hoping to get a deer this year with it. Bought mine through EuroOptics for $800 but a quick check and I didn't see any more listed. You can also get the 338 Fed in an AR platform which I believe a few forum members on here have. Would make for a pretty slick set-up.

My boy has a Ruger Hawkeye in 338 federal. Good shooter, He shoots factory Fusions

Right, EuroOptics for $800 was the close out after Sako stopped making them... the last ones.

From what I understand, Sako still makes them, they just don't import them. Correct me if someone knows for sure that's not true.

Mine started out as a Stevens 200 in 243 had a 338 federal put on in 2008 an never looked back it has a Shelin barrel on it love the thing

I think the avalabilty of "factory" rifles chambered for the .338 Fed. to be extreemly limited. The "best" solution might be to rebarrel (or rebore) an existing rifle to handle the Federal round.

In my mind, the .338 Fed. is a medium range round. Certainly good out to 300 yards or so, but not really a long-range choice. With that considered, a rifle that is short, light and fast handling seems just right.

The best candidates seem to be the Remington 760 (or variations) as the pump action is fast and plenty accurate enough for the range limits of the .338 Fed.

A better choice (and the way I would go) is to find a "beater" Savage 99 and barrel it to the Federal. To me, the 99 is THE woods rifle and can easily reach out to 300 yards or so as well.

If you are looking for a bolt action .338 Fed., the Ruger Mannlicher carbines just cry out to be made into a .338 Fed.

The idea of a rebarrel/rebored rifle may be easier (and possibly cheaper) that trying to find one of the scarce factory offerings.

Yes they still make them, and in 10 different models. There are far more models made by Sako and Tikka than what appears on Beretta's web site. too bad they won't bring them in for you guys. A Sako 85 Bavarian Carbine in .338Fed would be just about perfect.



http://www.sako.fi/pdf/datatables/SakoRiflesDatatable.pdf

I recently picked up a kimber 84M classic in 338 fed that shoots like a house a fire with 200 and 250 gr. bullets its very light and the recoil is not out of line and I am kinda hopin a get a chance to whack a buck with it this season as I just love this lil rifle.