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<blockquote data-quote="criticalbass" data-source="post: 995752" data-attributes="member: 711"><p>Unless you want real long range capability, you might consider duplicating my recent build. It's a Savage 110 (long action) with .338-06 chambering.</p><p></p><p>It's not a total wildcat. You can buy ammo for it, but if you shoot it much you are pretty much dirven to reloading because of both price and availability of different loads. Loading 30-06 brass for the first firing is the way to low cost fire formed brass. You can goose the caliber a little more by doing it in Ackley improved, but I haven't taken that step, and may not.</p><p></p><p>These have been used in Alaska as the primary weapon on absolutely everything up to, but not including the big bears. Lots of browns and a few polar bears have been killed with them in self defense situations. Folks tend to keep a few Africa type solids on hand in bear country, and it'll do the job if it has to, though not comfortably.</p><p></p><p>Ballistics pretty much mimic the 30-06, but with heavier bullets and the benefits that those offer. Recoil is only a fraction of my .338 Win Mag, and mv is not too far behind it. The case ends up being rather straight walled. This is one very big contributor to recoil reduction that is often overlooked.</p><p></p><p>A friend of mine and I did all the work on converting my Savage 30-06 to .338-06 in a short afternoon. Darned thing is very accurate, and I think I have, scope and all, less than $500 in it. That includes the cost of the donor rifle, the barrel, the wrench, the go gauge, and the spray paint we put on the crappy Savage fiberglass stock. (Still mumbling about replacing the stock, but one hole groups at a hundred yards really don't provide evidence of the need for another one.)</p><p></p><p>Not a 300 Mag, but a reliable, hard hitting killer out to 300 yards or so. CB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="criticalbass, post: 995752, member: 711"] Unless you want real long range capability, you might consider duplicating my recent build. It's a Savage 110 (long action) with .338-06 chambering. It's not a total wildcat. You can buy ammo for it, but if you shoot it much you are pretty much dirven to reloading because of both price and availability of different loads. Loading 30-06 brass for the first firing is the way to low cost fire formed brass. You can goose the caliber a little more by doing it in Ackley improved, but I haven't taken that step, and may not. These have been used in Alaska as the primary weapon on absolutely everything up to, but not including the big bears. Lots of browns and a few polar bears have been killed with them in self defense situations. Folks tend to keep a few Africa type solids on hand in bear country, and it'll do the job if it has to, though not comfortably. Ballistics pretty much mimic the 30-06, but with heavier bullets and the benefits that those offer. Recoil is only a fraction of my .338 Win Mag, and mv is not too far behind it. The case ends up being rather straight walled. This is one very big contributor to recoil reduction that is often overlooked. A friend of mine and I did all the work on converting my Savage 30-06 to .338-06 in a short afternoon. Darned thing is very accurate, and I think I have, scope and all, less than $500 in it. That includes the cost of the donor rifle, the barrel, the wrench, the go gauge, and the spray paint we put on the crappy Savage fiberglass stock. (Still mumbling about replacing the stock, but one hole groups at a hundred yards really don't provide evidence of the need for another one.) Not a 300 Mag, but a reliable, hard hitting killer out to 300 yards or so. CB [/QUOTE]
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