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I've been toying around with the idea of a medium bore rifle for some time. I'm well stocked in the .270-.300 class of rifle and I've used them pretty happily but like all serious gun cranks I'm always tinkering.
I've looked at length at .338-06, the .35 Whelen and the .338WM and there's nothing wrong with any of them. The .338WM is common as dirt here and the .338-06 or Whelen can be built on any old '06 action I can scrounge up.
I've had several of the .375s and a .416Rigby- the Rigby was flat out too much of a good thing in a lot of ways but the .375s were manageable enough.
So I'm thinking- would you folks jump clean over the .338 class and get a .375? Probably easy enough to load down into the 235-250gr bullets to manage recoil but still could cram a few 300gr rounds for packing out in bear country. Guess I'm thinking a .375 can be loaded down a lot easier than a .338 can be loaded UP.
I've looked at length at .338-06, the .35 Whelen and the .338WM and there's nothing wrong with any of them. The .338WM is common as dirt here and the .338-06 or Whelen can be built on any old '06 action I can scrounge up.
I've had several of the .375s and a .416Rigby- the Rigby was flat out too much of a good thing in a lot of ways but the .375s were manageable enough.
So I'm thinking- would you folks jump clean over the .338 class and get a .375? Probably easy enough to load down into the 235-250gr bullets to manage recoil but still could cram a few 300gr rounds for packing out in bear country. Guess I'm thinking a .375 can be loaded down a lot easier than a .338 can be loaded UP.