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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: smdave on August 10, 2007, 08:43:42 PM

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Title: 338 Federal
Post by: smdave on August 10, 2007, 08:43:42 PM

Anyone else in the state have one of these? I won one this year at the Friends of the NRA Auction in Mount Vernon. I really like how it shoots but ammo is really hard to find.

Dave

Title: Re: 338 Federal
Post by: littletoes on August 11, 2007, 06:48:30 AM

Dave, you happen to be the first person I've even heard of having one!
I remember the talk when they first came out, but that was it, nothing after that. Is it comparable to the Win. 338? What case is it based on?

Title: Re: 338 Federal
Post by: smdave on August 11, 2007, 08:29:44 AM

It is a necked up 308, the rifle I have is the Kimber 84m it weighs 6#s. The recoil is very mild. I bought the only three boxes of shells I could find from Everett to Bellingham. Dies are on the way for the reloader. Here is an article on it.

http://www.chuckhawks.com/338_federal_first_look.htm

Dave