RE: 338 win mag rifle
I have a Browning SS Stalker in a 338wm (no boss), gun, scope &mounts and weighs appor. 8.5lbs. The recoil is noticable(225gr loads) but I find it quitetolerable I often use rotating range sessions, another low recoiling rifle to spell off& allowing me totake longer breaks between groups. Last year my ave. range session was 5-3 shot groups which presented no troubles. Personally I don't like brakes or porting due to the substantial increase in noise. If you do go this route make sure you wear hearing protection whenever shooting it!
I used a 225gr AB under IMR4350 to harvest a bull moose last fall, DRT result. Found the bullet on the opposite hide, niceperfect mushroom with 62% weight retention....pleasing result.Accuracy out of the box has been better then I expected, so far no mods and I was able to achieve MOA groups with little effort using the above combo.