lets hear the good bad and ugly about this round. I just bought one and now I am doing the research, I know that backwards but it was to good of a deal to pass on.

It is a great round, especially if you reload. If you don't reload then that would be a negative.

Great topic. I'm tossing the same idea for another project rifle. Read up on this caliber after I built my 338-06AI

I think you'll find it to be a fantastic "wildcat" version of the great 338WM. Treat it as any other wildcat--load your own--and it will be great.

The 330 Dakota is likely best described as a modern improved update of the 333 Jeffery designed to fit within a 3.4” magazine; most likely would really come into its own with >270gr monometal bullets its length was increased to 3.5” COAL matching the Jeff’s COAL.

I do reload and part of the deal was brass and dies.

I had a Ruger No 1 rebarreled and so chambered. Brass lasts a long time, I got ten plus shots out of some that I had this was pre norma brass. Its a handloaders deal. Mine would shoot 210 gr Barnes X's so well, I would zero in for 200 yards and be only 4 inches low at 300. I had no real issues other than the rifle was a bit on the heavy side. Its a good cartridge, if you want to fuss with it, hand load I mean, its an easy one to find a good load.

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Originally posted by hoggunner:
I do reload and part of the deal was brass and dies.

Midway has 330 Dakota Brass and Redding makes 330 Dakota dies.

Most of the newer reloading books have 330 Dakota data and if you want to send me a PM with your email I wll send you an excel spreadsheet with my reloading data.

Mine loves the 225 Northfork and 225 Nosler Acurrabond and they have a MV~3000fps; you can get ~2800fps+ with 250 grain bullets.

I have a Winchester Model 70 in 330 Dakota. I load 210 grain TSX over 70.5 grains of Varget and get about 2850 fps from an 18.5" barrel. It kicks no worse than the 338 Win Mag. I've taken a mountain goat and a 7' black bear with the gun and it put both of them down with ease. The only draw back to the caliber is the expensive brass and it being mostly a handload proposition.