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Besides, I don't think you can buy 338'06 ammo at the store. Guess you could online.
In factory cartridges the 9.3x62 would be the most powerful, if you could find brass the 11.2x72 Schuler/Mauser at 5300 fp of energy would be tops it is a magnum case with a rebated rim so feed rails and everything but the bolt face would have to be openned.Wildcats a 375 Whelen Improved or something like it on the 9.3x62 case would be about tops.
Was a huge 338 WM fan for the longest time, still am. How does the Whelen stack up to it? I think the local gun store only has 200 grain bullets for it. Would like 250's. There such a thing as 250 gr. factory loads?
Didn't realize it was that cheap.
Ok, since it is so cheap to open up the bolt, whats the biggest you could go to, while still being able to fit in a standard long action. Thinking 375 Ruger.
If you're willing to open up the bolt face, that changes everything!
Some of the bigger cartridges will require long barrels to burn enough of that efficient powder to get the performance the cartridge is somewhat designed for. Could go with something like a .458 Win Mag and keep barrel length down, find ammo and have good bullet momentum which would out do that of smaller, faster bullets with 'high energy'.
Quote from: AWS on December 31, 2012, 08:45:41 AMIn factory cartridges the 9.3x62 would be the most powerful, if you could find brass the 11.2x72 Schuler/Mauser at 5300 fp of energy would be tops it is a magnum case with a rebated rim so feed rails and everything but the bolt face would have to be openned.Wildcats a 375 Whelen Improved or something like it on the 9.3x62 case would be about tops.I'm a fan of the 9.3X62; it has been around a long time and still grandfathered in some African Country's as a big boy. For a off the shelf round since the early 1900s you can not beat it. If you are on a hunt in the Dark Content and all your ammo is lost in transit you still can get 9.3X62 you may not get any of the hot US stuff. Elk and Bear have fallen to my 9.3X62 with one shot. Like said the 9.3X62 is a little small for a T-Rex but over kill for a daisy.
You would be selling the chambering a little short by going with your above mentioned barrel length.
Update-Going with 338 wm. Been looking at the Shaw barrels. A good barrel? How much should you expect to pay for a rebarrel job?