Need 338 WM Pet Load

[GJM]

Thanks. I still want to shoot your 338-06 sometime. Just because. I've never seen one in the wild.

Before there were so many great bullets, a .33 caliber, 210 grain pill, in a model 70 standard action that held five down, non-belted rounds, made a lot of sense. Today, I think I would just go .30-06 with premium bullets.

[okie john]

Before there were so many great bullets, a .33 caliber, 210 grain pill, in a model 70 standard action that held five down, non-belted rounds, made a lot of sense. Today, I think I would just go .30-06 with premium bullets.

This.

I've had two 338/06's, two 35 Whelens, and a 9.3x62. Based on having shot a bunch of feral cattle with the 9.3x62 and a 30/06, I feel like if you need something more than a 30/06, then you need a lot more. Of those three, I'd take the 9.3x62 if for some reason I didn't think a 30/06 would work. You can get a 286-grain Partition moving 2,450 fps, which gives you pretty much the same trajectory as a 300 Savage. You can also move a 250-grain spitzer at 2,650, which runs right next to a 338 WM but holds five in the magazine of a true Mauser action.


Okie John

[GJM]

I have a Sako Black Bear in 9.3x62, that I got from SteveB, to use as a walking around rifle. Five down rounds and a slick action is attractive for this use.

[SteveB]

This.

I've had two 338/06's, two 35 Whelens, and a 9.3x62. Based on having shot a bunch of feral cattle with the 9.3x62 and a 30/06, I feel like if you need something more than a 30/06, then you need a lot more. Of those three, I'd take the 9.3x62 if for some reason I didn't think a 30/06 would work. You can get a 286-grain Partition moving 2,450 fps, which gives you pretty much the same trajectory as a 300 Savage. You can also move a 250-grain spitzer at 2,650, which runs right next to a 338 WM but holds five in the magazine of a true Mauser action.


Okie John

This is good stuff. The 9.3X62 is essentially a .366-06. Having slimmed down my hunting armory, my rifles now go from .30-06 to .300 WM to 9.3X62.

[okie john]

Thanks to everyone who replied. I settled on 75 grains of RL-22 under a 225-grain Nosler Partition.



It seems to shoot pretty well at 100 yards.


Okie John