In the early 80's i built a .338-06 useing a Douglas premium bbl on a 700 Rem. action, and harvested 13 big game animials the first 3 years ihunted withit.Iharvested moose, caribou, bown bear, blk tailed deer and many others. Useing good bullets it worked very well and i was quite pleased with it.

I chose the.338over a 35 cal. because "those days" getting good quality 35 cal. bullets wasn't easy, and the bullet i'm talking aboutare Nosler partitions! Also Speer made the "excelent" 275 grain bullet that really knocks big bears flat at 338-06 velocities back then!

Today, choose what ever one you like, and for deer sized game, both have plenty of bullet offerings that will easilyknock that size animial flat! I have to admit the fact that you can use .357 pistol bullets in the 35 would be a big advantage for small game and practice.


Drilling Man