Best looking round

[CBH Australia]

Maybe I missed it but the fine .338 Win mag should at least get a mention.
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Looks pricey for a box of that vintage.
A Classic round no doubt but I think Kevin was asking about Classy.

Never mind. The .338 has its place and I have always thought it would be a good bear hunting round and has been chambered in suitable all weather rifles for that purpose.

 

[CoElkHunter]

@CBH Australia
These 25 loads are just as sexy mate
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Rimmed cases? What cartridge is that?

 

[CoElkHunter]

Maybe I missed it but the fine .338 Win mag should at least get a mention.
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Oh, nice! Look at those silvertips! A bullet from a bygone era, when men were men and sheep were nervous. Ha! Ha! Ha!

 

[sestoppelman]

Looks pricey for a box of that vintage.
A Classic round no doubt but I think Kevin was asking about Classy.

Never mind. The .338 has its place and I have always thought it would be a good bear hunting round and has been chambered in suitable all weather rifles for that purpose.

That price tag was a gun show item a few years back. A guy had 3 boxes of it, so I snagged it. Thats a 250gr Silvertip.
Early on Win made a 300 gr load but it was not the Silvertip.
K doesnt mention Classy, just good looking and the .338 qualifies.

 

[BTB Joe]

8mm Rem Mag, .375 H&H, and .416 Rem Mag. I like all three but the proportions of the 8mm and performance on PG appeal to me.

 

[CoElkHunter]

That price tag was a gun show item a few years back. A guy had 3 boxes of it, so I snagged it. Thats a 250gr Silvertip.
Early on Win made a 300 gr load but it was not the Silvertip.
K doesnt mention Classy, just good looking and the .338 qualifies.

Actually, that isn't a bad price at all for those vintage cartridges, especially if the box is in good condition. I've seen vintage ammo prices a lot higher on Gun Joker. The 300gr. bullets were Power Points. Elmer Keith apparently preferred that bullet until he later switched to 275gr. Speers.

 

[Pheroze]

8mm Rem Mag, .375 H&H, and .416 Rem Mag. I like all three but the proportions of the 8mm and performance on PG appeal to me.View attachment 448153

Sort of a 308 Norma Mag on steroids. Nice!

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Maybe I missed it but the fine .338 Win mag should at least get a mention.
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@sestoppelman
That picture is when Winchester made real hunting bullets with those silver tips. They just seemed to work no matter the caliber from 257 Roberts up.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Looks pricey for a box of that vintage.
A Classic round no doubt but I think Kevin was asking about Classy.

Never mind. The .338 has its place and I have always thought it would be a good bear hunting round and has been chambered in suitable all weather rifles for that purpose.

@CBH Australia
Chris, Chris, Chris If'n the wee little 338 was such a good bear round why did Elmer Keith take his world record bear with a 35 Whelen loaded with 275gn projectiles when he could have used his 33OKH.
Bob.

 

[sestoppelman]

@CBH Australia
Chris, Chris, Chris If'n the wee little 338 was such a good bear round why did Elmer Keith take his world record bear with a 35 Whelen loaded with 275gn projectiles when he could have used his 33OKH.
Bob.

Answer: because Keith and his pals didnt develop the .333 OKH until 1945, the bear with the Whelen happened in 1937.
I believe he preferred the .333 after that because it penetrated better. Aint no flies on that round being a ballistic equivalent to the .338-06.
And the .338 Win mag is well regarded as an excellent bear round in Alaska, well thought of. Pretty much its intended use.

 

[CBH Australia]

@sestoppelman
That picture is when Winchester made real hunting bullets with those silver tips. They just seemed to work no matter the caliber from 257 Roberts up.
Bob

Was there a Silvertip for .243?
Ohh, I get it. If it's not a .25 it don't count

@CBH Australia
Chris, Chris, Chris If'n the wee little 338 was such a good bear round why did Elmer Keith take his world record bear with a 35 Whelen loaded with 275gn projectiles when he could have used his 33OKH.
Bob.

Because that's what he was carrying at the time.
He wasn't gonna pass on a world class bear cause if it didn't eat him it wasn't gonna be there when he came back with a .375

 

[CoElkHunter]

Answer: because Keith and his pals didnt develop the .333 OKH until 1945, the bear with the Whelen happened in 1937.
I believe he preferred the .333 after that because it penetrated better. Aint no flies on that round being a ballistic equivalent to the .338-06.
And the .338 Win mag is well regarded as an excellent bear round in Alaska, well thought of. Pretty much its intended use.

Ah ha! The Keith-bear-cartridge mystery solved. Thanks for clarifying Stoppelman!

 

[Randy F]

@CBH Australia
These 25 loads are just as sexy mate
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Yeeesh! I don’t know Bob, those look only slightly better than your high school yearbook picture.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Yeeesh! I don’t know Bob, those look only slightly better than your high school yearbook picture.

@Randy F
I never got any high school year books and all those I have seen had my face blacked ot because I was so stunningly handsome it embarrassed the others.
Bob

 

[rdog]

@Randy F
I never got any high school year books and all those I have seen had my face blacked ot because I was so stunningly handsome it embarrassed the others.
Bob

Bob I think you need to take your medication again ,2 6mm pills twice a day until you feel better. on a more serious subject i am thinking about re barreling my no4 303
to 303/25 what do you think?

 

[Wyatt Smith]

Bob I think you need to take your medication again ,2 6mm pills twice a day until you feel better. on a more serious subject i am thinking about re barreling my no4 303
to 303/25 what do you think?

Do it. I love mine.

 

[CoElkHunter]

Bob I think you need to take your medication again ,2 6mm pills twice a day until you feel better. on a more serious subject i am thinking about re barreling my no4 303
to 303/25 what do you think?

Or, have it rebarreled and chambered to .35BNE (Banzai Nelson Express)? 7.7 Jap case necked up to .35. You'd be the first on your block (or anywhere) to have one.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Bob I think you need to take your medication again ,2 6mm pills twice a day until you feel better. on a more serious subject i am thinking about re barreling my no4 303
to 303/25 what do you think?

@rdog
Go for it mate but headspace to 62 thou instead of 64 as rim thickness varies a bit. If you would like to borrow my 25/303 Epps reamer give me a call. My son gets 25 ought six velocities out of his with mild pressure. Load calculations say 47,000 cup.
Remember the No will handle the 7.62 NATO round so you will have fun.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Or, have it rebarreled and chambered to .35BNE (Banzai Nelson Express)? 7.7 Jap case necked up to .35. You'd be the first on your block (or anywhere) to have one.

@CoElkHunter
Mate we are talking real calibers, you know 25s.

 

[CoElkHunter]

@CoElkHunter
Mate we are talking real calibers, you know 25s.

.338WMs? Yes, I know Bob. LOL