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<blockquote data-quote="TheDoubleD" data-source="post: 3696002" data-attributes="member: 43754"><p>I have been using-hunting with the 338/06 since I built my rifle in 1984. Mine is specifically a 338/06 Ackley Improved.</p><p></p><p>I got the Barrel from Chick Donnelly in Murphy OR. Donnelly was Parker Ackley's son in law and used Ackleys Barrel making equipment. The Day I picked the barrel up Ackley was in shop. He looked over my barrel and pronounced the barrel a good one. Sadly both men have passed on.</p><p></p><p>I built my rifle on Columbian 30-06 Mauser action and stocked it with a piece of Oregon Myrtlewood. This gun was the first of my three gun projects I needed to build for college.</p><p></p><p>I have hunted all over with this rifle. I used it mainly deer. Deer, muley's and whitetail-a good number of them. I also took a moose with this rifle, and a couple of antelope. It crumples coyotes. I have killed a lot of game with this rifle. Several deer have been shot in the 350-400 yard range, but only from solid rest. I don't recall any wounded animal with this gun nor the need for a second shot. </p><p></p><p>For the moose hunt the Guide told me to keep shooting until my gun was empty or the moose dropped. I didn't feel the need for the additional shots on the moose but followed instructions and fired all three roundsin gun with hits at 40 yards, 70-80 yards and 100 or so yards. No bullets were recovered. all passed through.</p><p></p><p>I have tried a lot of different bullet weights, but seem to have settled on Sierra 250 Grain Gamekings as my favorite bullet. I haven't tried any of the newer bullets. </p><p></p><p>Here is the moose heart with hole through it.</p><p></p><p>.[ATTACH]241804[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>When I built the gun I used GI Lake City Match 30-06 brass. In the lab I was able to to get just over 3000 fps per seconds with this bullet. Several of my classmates built standard 338/06's, not Improved and were getting 2800-2900 fps with this same bullet and GI brass. We all got slower velocities with commercial brass. I am still using those original LC Match cases from nearly 40 years ago, today.</p><p></p><p>This a great cartridge, I will never understand why Remington-Winchester-Ruger never SAAMI approved and built this cartridge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheDoubleD, post: 3696002, member: 43754"] I have been using-hunting with the 338/06 since I built my rifle in 1984. Mine is specifically a 338/06 Ackley Improved. I got the Barrel from Chick Donnelly in Murphy OR. Donnelly was Parker Ackley's son in law and used Ackleys Barrel making equipment. The Day I picked the barrel up Ackley was in shop. He looked over my barrel and pronounced the barrel a good one. Sadly both men have passed on. I built my rifle on Columbian 30-06 Mauser action and stocked it with a piece of Oregon Myrtlewood. This gun was the first of my three gun projects I needed to build for college. I have hunted all over with this rifle. I used it mainly deer. Deer, muley's and whitetail-a good number of them. I also took a moose with this rifle, and a couple of antelope. It crumples coyotes. I have killed a lot of game with this rifle. Several deer have been shot in the 350-400 yard range, but only from solid rest. I don't recall any wounded animal with this gun nor the need for a second shot. For the moose hunt the Guide told me to keep shooting until my gun was empty or the moose dropped. I didn't feel the need for the additional shots on the moose but followed instructions and fired all three roundsin gun with hits at 40 yards, 70-80 yards and 100 or so yards. No bullets were recovered. all passed through. I have tried a lot of different bullet weights, but seem to have settled on Sierra 250 Grain Gamekings as my favorite bullet. I haven't tried any of the newer bullets. Here is the moose heart with hole through it. .[ATTACH alt="heartshot.jpg"]241804[/ATTACH] When I built the gun I used GI Lake City Match 30-06 brass. In the lab I was able to to get just over 3000 fps per seconds with this bullet. Several of my classmates built standard 338/06's, not Improved and were getting 2800-2900 fps with this same bullet and GI brass. We all got slower velocities with commercial brass. I am still using those original LC Match cases from nearly 40 years ago, today. This a great cartridge, I will never understand why Remington-Winchester-Ruger never SAAMI approved and built this cartridge. [/QUOTE]
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