I would guess that my 338 Remington Ultra Mag. And my 375 H&H Would be Medium Bore Rifles. I like my 338 RUM. What do you think?

I think that if you throw in a .224-.243 varmint rifle, and a .264-.308 medium workhorse, and you are set to hunt anything in the world.

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Antelope Sniper

+1 to what Antelope Sniper said.

JD338

Personally I don't like or would never own a .338 of anykind. Too much gun and recoil for most things hunted and not big enough for the really big/bad things out there. I do however like my .375 H & H.

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

.338 of just about any kind is hard to beat for Elk and Moose.

The .338WM-250 NP or SAF IS certainly big enough for ANYTHING ...out there in North America... and, while I love my .375s, the fact is that no Elk, Moose or Grizzly will ever "know" the difference when well hit with either one.

My beloved .338WMs are lighter than any .375H&H can be, if on the same action using the same stock, scope, mounts, etc. and, THAT makes a BIG difference to an old guy like me when dragging my butt up the usual BC mountainside.

Where, I see a real place for a .338/06 is in a custom rifle built on an HVA action using a really light synthetic stock. I was going to have just such a rifle built and then traded an old B&L scope and worn peep sight for an excellent HVA 1600 in 8x57JS and decided to get it re-done and shoot 200 NPs at 2700 out of it...not much real difference here.

i think both are great rounds, and if loaded to alot lower pressure, can match the older rounds easily, and then brass lasts a long time

I think they are too close together. The .375 is for the guy trying to make do with 1 rifle. Like trying to fix your car with a Swiss Army knife. The .375 isn't as good for thick skinned dangerous game as the .416's and takes away the need for a .338 for big bear, moose, eland, and the like. Pair a .375 with an '06 or .300 mag.

My main battery:

.22-250 - varmints
.270 - up to 350 lbs (whitetail, antelope, mule deer, caribou)
.338 - all larger NA game and all plains game except giraffe.
.416 - all African dangerous game and giraffe