338/06 or 25/06?

[BlueFlyer]

I would consider the 9.3x64 but acquiring brass is a consideration

Frustrating, as Bertram have 000's of 9.3X64B brass in stock but no one seems to be stocking it out of Australia.

 

[BFaucett]

I am fond of the 9.3x62.
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By it’s 100 years+ reputation, the 286 grain round nose soft is decisive even on heavy tough animals like eland, zebra, waterbuck, etc
Yet, it is easy on skins and edible meat of the smallest hooved little antelopes such as duiker, steinbok, etc.

It works well on little piggies too.

Juvenile Bushpig taken for the pot.
CZ 550 American 9.3x62
handload: 286 gr Woodleigh RN at 2395 fps

Bushpig for breakfast! It was very tasty.

Cheers! Bob F.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

IMO the 338/06 AI is such a cool looking cartridge

@Cheesehead
May be a cool looking cartridge but still can't do what a plane Jane Whelen will do. Still runs 2nd best.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

The 375 and 400 Whelen both sound interesting but I read several places about headspace problems with them.

@Axle2010
With the Petrov version ( slightly different shoulder) zero headspace problems with the 400.
Bob

 

[BFaucett]

@Cheesehead
May be a cool looking cartridge but still can't do what a plane Jane Whelen will do. Still runs 2nd best.
Bob

Jane Whelen? I think I might have gone to school with her.

Bob F.

 

[jruby]

@Cheesehead
May be a cool looking cartridge but still can't do what a plane Jane Whelen will do. Still runs 2nd best.
Bob

Please tell i have both and they use the exact same case. No one i know uses a 300g bullet in thier whelen. So basically 200-250s grain bullets. Please tell me how the whelen is better than the 338-06. I respect them both but thier is not a dimes worth of difference between them. I could be wrong but thay is my experience.