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This design was chosen for elk hunting, using the powders available at the time, such as Hodgdon H-4831. [4] Due to the continued popularity of the KT, Weatherby introduced the .338-378 Weatherby Magnum in 1998 to its line of commercial ammunition, using a full-length 2.908" case. [ 3 ]
In North America, the .338 Winchester Magnum is most commonly used for the hunting of larger deer species such as elk and moose. It is quite popular with elk hunters, with bullets ranging between 200–225 gr (13.0–14.6 g) generally preferred for large class 3 game such as elk or moose.
Bullets of 180 gr or less are intended for smaller deer species such as white tail and mule deer, while those of 200 gr or more are intended for elk, moose and large bear. The .325 WSM being an 8mm cartridge could find favour among European hunters for elk (European moose), wild boar as its performance is similar to the vaunted 8×68mm S cartridge.
The .300 Win Mag remains the most popular .30 caliber magnum with American hunters, despite not being as fast as more powerful .300 Magnums such as the .300 Weatherby Magnum and .30-378 Weatherby Magnum as well as the newer .300 Remington Ultra Magnum, .300 Norma Magnum, .30 Nosler, and .300 PRC, though all of these must be chambered in a long ...
Thanks to the large number of rifles based on the .30-06 family of cartridges, having a .338-06 made usually only requires a simple barrel change by a competent gun smith. Since the 1960's a relatively obsure cartridge only known to handloaders and "Wildcatters", eventually A-Square adopted the caliber as the .338-06 A-Square in approximately 1998.
M65 Fullstock – Light barrel hunting variant with a full-length stock. [1] M65 Hirvester – Hunting variant. Its name is a pun on hirvi ('moose' or 'elk') and harvester. [1] M65 Battue – Hunting variant. [1] M65 Continental – Heavy barrel hunting variant. [1] M65 Sporter – Heavy barrel variant designed for sports shooting and for use ...
This year the agency approved 140 elk licenses (65 antlered, 75 antlerless) for this year's three hunting seasons. In the archery season that runs from Sept. 14-28, 16 antlered and 11 antlerless ...
The .378 Weatherby generates considerable free recoil with full-power loads, for an average of 72 ft·lbf from a 9 lb rifle. This compares to 23 ft·lbf from a rifle chambered for .30-06 Springfield or 44 ft·lbf for the .375 H&H Magnum. However, the .458 Winchester Magnum generates 78 ft·lbf and the .458 Lott produces 86 ft·lbf of free ...