Hey Gunsmiths

Tazz, if your looking for a big game rifle, something other than just hunting deer or speed goats, I'll sing my praises of the .338/06 and brother it just don't get any better for putting down big critters under 300 yards. Not to mention the fact that Elmer Keith himself, would surely be smiling down upon you too!

I have such a rifle in a model 70 Winchester (used to be a 30-06 caliber) featherweight, that we took the barrel off of several years back and it is a honey's delight to shoot. It was my backup rifle to my .338 mag, until my wife shot it at the range one day. Now it is her elk rifle instead! It has a 23 inch barrel and a joy to pack around the high country. Hey, you can still hunt deer with the rifle and use those 180 grn. bullets! Now if you want to go after those big bears in the woods, just slip a 250 grain pill into the magazine and get ready to present your wife with a bear rug to snuggle on LOL.

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Ah, the .335 OKH, if I remember correctly.  Rename it the .338/06 & forget the it should be T'other way 'round.  But that'd be the .300 Winchester magnum.  And, yes I know that there are differences between the two cases, on the far side of the decimal point, for legal reasons, and that's a don't-make-no-never-mind kinda thing to practical people for discussion purposes.

Tikka, I gotta admit that a man who likes small block Chevy's, & don't like the shooting equivalent, just puzzles me.  But differences make the world go 'round.

900F