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Old 11-07-2006 | 11:11 AM
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Default RE: the 338 federal is looking promising

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I'm not sure where the 700 ft lb difference comes from, but using Federal loads, the difference looks to be closer to 500 ft lbs at the muzzle.
Really? Can you post those loads and where you got them?

I'm not seeing anything like that in the federal catalog. I already posted the two best loads for each cartridge.

Wait I know where this is coming from. I'm using the high energy federal load for the .308 which is what I shoot.

The difference in muzzleenergyusing the weaker .308 loadsis about 600 ft/lbs, however they drop back down to just about equal (with my load) at 100 and 200 yards.

So if you use the crappy .308 loads you can get that difference at the muzzle.

I still don't see where there is a benefit. It doesn't do anything better than other calibers at longer ranges and there are other rounds that are better inside 100 yards.

My .308 load has over 3000 ft/lbs at the muzzle.
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