Should I rebarrel my .338 WMag to the `64?

[sambarhunter]

I have been hunting with my 9.3 x 64 Brenneke for a few years (comm `98) and it is a calibre that is a real hammer,so much so that I got hold of a Pac-Nor 9.3x64 mm barrel recently that is threaded for a Winchester.
Now I have an XTR Mod 70 in .338 Win Mag and I love the `64 AND Winchesters so much that i am thinking hard of a swap over. There is no harm in having two `64`s is there!
Any one care to add their take on this either approve or disapprove?
I know BM would have approved.

 

[Christot]

Approved. For me the overall better designed cartridge and as you say, a hammer. Also legal in most African countries on DG while the .338 WM isn't.

 

[tunatoy76]

That the pipe from Rebel?

 

[AZDAVE]

Sounds like a fair idea

 

[458 Exp]

Bolt face is not the same size [emoji848]

 

[Bullthrower338]

There is nothing wrong with Two 64’s, I have a Dakota and a Pre-64. But I would keep the 338 because It is not Godly to have your battery lacking a 338 WM or three! Find a 30-06 donor action and put the Pac-Nor on it.

 

[sambarhunter]

I already have one as a going concern

Find a 30-06 donor action and put the Pac-Nor on it.

Bolt face is not the same size

My current `64 was another calibre in a prev life.

 

[PaulT]

Well John, what did you decide ?

I'd be interested in knowing because when you posed the question, i had no answer either way.

I have the x64mm myself but the specific rifle just hasn't found it's way to my heart and therefore does not get used and is for sale.

I also have a .338 and love it. Does everything i want it to and then some, but my prejudice is driven more by the rifles the cartridges are chambered in more than the capabilities of the cartridges.

Will you end up with 2 x64's or keep the .338 ???

 

[sambarhunter]

I am still undecided mate,there is no need to hurry at all.
I still have a .338...in the Lap cal.

 

[colorado]

I would rebarrel it to 375 H&H. A cartridge that was offered in the pre-64s and is legal on anything.

 

[freefall]

A .375 Holland will most likely not cycle through a .338 Win length action.

 

[sambarhunter]

A .375 Holland will most likely not cycle through a .338 Win length action.

Correct