glockky
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just getting into 338 federal and was wanting to know if anyone had used Speer 200gr hot cor’s or 185gr hornady GMX on game?
How did they perform.
How did they perform.
WHY buy a .338 and load it with the lightest bullets available?
FN and jmr are going back to Elmer Keith's day when a large simple soft nose was pretty much The Answer to big game. The gimmick bullets of that era didn't work very well. Today's gimmick bullets are more effective, so when you get tired of being kicked around by 250 gr bullets, you can kill game with a 180.
Me? I think North American hunting rifles pretty much peaked out with the .30 Army and the .300 Savage.
I don't think I would go so far as to say "anything", but perhaps "anything" YOU have in YOUR area...My current load is the 180 grain Nosler AccuBond with 54 grains of IMR 4064. This rifle will shoot a 180 grain bullet at least 100 fps faster than a 30-06 and still have manageable recoil. My primary use is for deer and hogs but we do have elk in our area. My other load is the 200 grain Speer HotCor and they will work for anything. You can't go wrong with either of these bullets.