Having 2 magnums for hunting all NA Game is just for gun collecters.
If your a hunter first, butinsist on blowing up most of your meat..........get a .338
Will kill anything...................
Oh yea I can see EKM correcting me already on only one gun, so get 2- .338's
Tirade seems most appropriate over in the other "two non-magnumrifles for N.A."thread…. but since you insist....
(1) Since when is being (a) a hunter and (b) owning two or more magnums considered mutually exclusive from each other? Collectors first and hunters second? I guess we will need to inform: BBJ, bigbulls, JamesB, and many, many others of their new "standing".
(2) In my experience, a 338WinMag will, as you say,“blow up” (explosive bullets or just cheap ammo?) less meat than a smokin’ 270 round. With a medium velocity (2400-2800) heavy mag with non-cheap bullets you tend to be able to eat right up to the hole.
(3) As a matter of chance, I do happen to have a pair of 338WinMags, but don’t get to use them much as my twin boys latched onto them at age 19 when they decided they wanted to step up a notch.
(4) BTW, I’m glad you edited your reference about ".388’s" over to read .338, I would have hated to have had to "correct" you.
I assume it is kinda tough being young, raising a family, and making a living out on there on the edge; damn fine country though, no doubt.