TXbaldhunter
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- May 12, 2007
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Loading the various 338 cartridges video by the Real Gunsmith Randy Selby.He has some interesting videos based of his over fifty years of rifle building.
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Yes, I would imagine the recoil in a 5 1/2 lb 340 Wby would be brisk! Was it the the Ultralight AccuMark?I took a 340 Wby with the older Barnes 210 XBT (clocked 3200fps) to South Africa/Namibia back in '98. It had a KDF style brake that was super loud! It shot great, took zebra, Impala, Blesbuk and Gemsbuk. It was too much of a good thing in that 5 1/2 pd rifle (before scope). It kicked the guts out of a Leupold 2.5x8 right before the trip, put on a Zeiss conquest. It came apart right before the Gemsbuk. Gut shot him. I had it rebarreled with a bit heavier barrel, ported it, chambered in 338WM but only shot the older Barnes 185XLC. Took a cow elk with that at 250yds! Love those 338s!
I've been using 225 Grain Sierras or 225 partitions and I can honestly say I have never had an Elk do anything else other than go down immediately.I've become a fan of the 250 gr bullets in the 338 RUM. The 250 gr AB has been the go to bullet since it's introduction for crop damage deer hunting. Plenty of expansion and most deer fold in their tracks.
It works very well for me.
JD338
Been there done that; don’t plan on doing it again. Went after a bull once, down a couple of thousand feet, took my boots and pants off and waded the creek, up a couple of thousand feet. Killed him on a ridge line and he slid what seemed like a thousand feet on the other side. Dad got a hold of me on the little CB radios we had just started using. We saw him go down he said, you’re about 50 yards short of where he fell. I got there and found the blood streak on the snow, he was piled up against a big ponderosa. Jesus I said on the radio, he slid clear down the other side. Dads response; good thing you’re in shape and have all week to get him out. That was close to 50 years ago. See elk on that ridge every year. Been over there once since then.Yes, one must be aware of the work ahead before one pulls the trigger!
Are you prepared to haul that animal out of where it is, or where it may get to before expiring?!?!
And can you get it out of there before the meat spoils?
Been there, done that teaches lots of lessons!
Something that I constantly have to remind young/new hunters that are enthusiastic about shooting any animal on the far side of a creek, river, swamp, canyon, etc.
As we age, we learn to hunt smarter vs harder!
And how many others have you watched struggle to get their elk off that ridge over the past several decades?Been there done that; don’t plan on doing it again. Went after a bull once, down a couple of thousand feet, took my boots and pants off and waded the creek, up a couple of thousand feet. Killed him on a ridge line and he slid what seemed like a thousand feet on the other side. Dad got a hold of me on the little CB radios we had just started using. We saw him go down he said, you’re about 50 yards short of where he fell. I got there and found the blood streak on the snow, he was piled up against a big ponderosa. Jesus I said on the radio, he slid clear down the other side. Dads response; good thing you’re in shape and have all week to get him out. That was close to 50 years ago. See elk on that ridge every year. Been over there once since then.