I shoot a Browning A-Bolt -- I really like the feature of a Clip fed gun - I have one in the gun and I carry a spare in my pocket. I don"t know how many times I've been in the truck and have a animal cross the road and the other guys are trying to load their guns and I just pop in the clip and I am ready to go. I have harvested Elk and Deer because of this .
Also I use Federal 225 grain Trophy Bonded Bear Claw Bullets and it shoots Dime size groups at 100 yards !
I also put a Gentry Mussle Brake ( The Ports angle away) on it and when I go to the range I always shoot at least a box and a half of shells in my Tee Shirt. It kicks less than a 308 and the muzzle jump is like only 6"
The 6 point Bull Elk I shot this year at 210 yards in the neck knocked him right off his feet. It was pretty impressive.
My boy a few years back (he was 13 and 14 at the time) in the same drainage harvested (2) spikes elk - on the Range Finder the first one was 485 yards and the next year it was 510 yards - Both (1) shot kills
We take the gun out during the summer and shoot out to 600 yards at a 4x8 sheet of plywood then mark the drop of the bullet on a lamiated card and tape it to the stock for reference. It has worked pretty good for us. I do love my .338 - That's why I nickname it Thumper !
