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07-26-2003 | 05:28 AM
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Nontypical Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Western Nebraska
RE: .338-06
I just returned from an African plains game safari and if I was to do it again the rifle would be a " light as possible" .338-06
The thing the .338-06 has over the .35 Whelen is bullet variation and selection. I also believe I can make a .338-06 perform out of a 22" barrel and lose four inches of brush catching steel!!
The thing the .338-06 has over the .35 Whelen is bullet variation and selection. I also believe I can make a .338-06 perform out of a 22" barrel and lose four inches of brush catching steel!!
07-26-2003 | 02:15 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Western Nebraska
RE: .338-06
Otis, if the shooting was out the landrover window, I could have used the power of a magnum rifle but the shooting was over shooting sticks and there' s very little way I could hit a bull in the ars at 300 yards over the sticks.
My point: things like the .300 RUM are worthless in those conditions. While hunting whitetails I usually have a tree to rest on....in RSA the trees are impossible to rest on......too many thorns....a .30-06 is a fine gun there....more would be wasted!!!
A .338-06 would be a perfect rifle for the 700 pound antelope I shot. 22" of barrel would be OK and I' m now making plans for a pre-64 action to be rebarreled to .338-06 for my return trip.
My point: things like the .300 RUM are worthless in those conditions. While hunting whitetails I usually have a tree to rest on....in RSA the trees are impossible to rest on......too many thorns....a .30-06 is a fine gun there....more would be wasted!!!
A .338-06 would be a perfect rifle for the 700 pound antelope I shot. 22" of barrel would be OK and I' m now making plans for a pre-64 action to be rebarreled to .338-06 for my return trip.
