gamestalker
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You can achieve this with much less gun. Nothing at all wrong with a .338 WM, but it's an awful lot of gun for deer sized game. Personally, a 7mm RM will cover all your bases, and with a bit more flexibility to tailor down for smaller game, deer, antelope and such. Also makes for a good long range varmint cartridge too.
I wouldn't consider a .338 to be over kill, but it's up there among the big bore class cartridges. And even with most average hunting grade loads, it's going to be a hand full regarding recoil, IMO. Put it this way, many African big game guides consider a .338 as acceptable for thick skinned and dangerous game, so.
GS
I wouldn't consider a .338 to be over kill, but it's up there among the big bore class cartridges. And even with most average hunting grade loads, it's going to be a hand full regarding recoil, IMO. Put it this way, many African big game guides consider a .338 as acceptable for thick skinned and dangerous game, so.
GS