.338 did a little better

[SJB358]

I am with Bill, your groups with the 210 are pretty good, but dialing the seating depth a little won't hurt.

I am a 3" high at 100 yard kinda guy. Usually a 250-300 yard zero. I don't worry about over shooting elk for the most part. I have been zeroing that way for a long time and it works for me as I try to always hold in the lower 3rd of the chest.. A couple of inches on an elk isn't too bad.. Now, being you won't be shooting real far in your deer country, the 200 yard zero makes more sense.

 

[OU812]

I guess what I am saying in a nut shell is this. WT are you happy with the loads consistency and group size? If so, practice away and enjoy the fruits of your labor.

Does not mean you can't still tinker here and there to lessen the group size if you desire or even shoot the barrel out of your gun trying for a smaller group if that is what your after. From what I have seen of your last group sizes I would take the 210, RL-19 load go forth with the up most confidence and kill a deer or elk or what ever.

Most big game on ave is shot at 200 yards and less. I'll bet they will never know your gun is shooting MOA or very slightly more. :grin:

 

[Oldtrader3]

I am pretty much only interested in accurate rifles. Being off POA 1 to 1.5 inches at 200 yards does not concern me much with a larger caliber hunting bullet like .338. For me however there is the challenge of accuracy and process control. If the rifle won't give me that, I do not keep it long. Just my take.

I would recommend weighing Partition bullets on a digital scale and sorting before seating. Bullets over .308 tend to vary a little in swaged length (+/-.0015 inches) and a small difference in length can mean up 0.3 grain +/- in bullet weight. I have observed weight variation up to 1.5 grains with Nosler and other .338 bullets. Also, I shoot several hundred .338 Noslers every year, weighing from 180 gr BT's to 250 gr PT's. My best accuracy in both my .338 Federal and my .340 Weatherby are with the 225 gr Partition. The 250 gr Partitions are very accurate as well (when weighed and sorted). I would try a box of 225 PT's just for laughs and to see if they shoot well in your rifle? Just a suggestion.

 

[wisconsinteacher]

Thanks for all the great help. As I type this, I plan on setting up for the 210 PT because I have 60 left. If I can get a few more nice groups, I will call it good and use them to hunt with. If that happens and I still have time this summer, I am going mess with the 200 AB to see what I can do. After deer season is over, I will most likely look into 225 gr bullets for next year and try them out. If they work they work if not, I will go back to the 210 PT. I think the 210 PT will do the job on deer here in northern WI.

 

[DrMike]

I think the 210 PT will do the job on deer here in northern WI.

If that bullet doesn't work, nothing will.

 

[FOTIS]

one powder/bullet at a time

 

[JD338]

I think the 210 PT will do the job on deer here in northern WI.

It will work in spades. The 338 210 gr PT is magic.

JD338

 

[Guy Miner]

I seem to recall hunters using that 210 gr .338" Partition on everything from whitetail to grizzly, and everything in between. It's got one heck of a reputation.

 

[Oldtrader3]

The 210 Partition has been around for at least 50 years that I am aware of and has been sucessfully used on everything in North America from antelope to Coastal Brown Bears. Being a small company (relatively speaking), this Nosler Partition bullet would not still be in their roster if it was not a great bullet.

 

[wisconsinteacher]

I know it is a good bullet, I was thinking it was over kill for whitetail and geared more for elk, moose, big bear. This is the reason for wanting the 200gr AB, but if it does not work out, I have no problem shooting the PT at a nice buck or doe this Nov.

 

[SJB358]

I know it is a good bullet, I was thinking it was over kill for whitetail and geared more for elk, moose, big bear. This is the reason for wanting the 200gr AB, but if it does not work out, I have no problem shooting the PT at a nice buck or doe this Nov.

I have a feeling you won't be let down. While it is tough, I think it'll work just fine.

For the longest time, my pop's had my 338WM at home. Well, when it came time to hunt brown bear for him, he took the 338 with 225gr Trophy Bonded Bear Claws. Well, after that he liked it so much he took it to Saskatchewan for WT, then to ID for elk and then used it at home on our deer. It just hammered them all. This is coming from a guy that shot alot of stuff with the 30-06 and 180 PTs. I remember him saying, I can't believe how hard animals are hit by this thing. I almost had to pry it out of his hands!

 

[Oldtrader3]

Fortunately, my kids have no interest in my Mark V .340 Bee, so I am safe, so far! They have about picked me clean of Brownings, CZ's, Rugers and Winchesters though but no .338 WM's.