What is it about those Northfork bullets? How are they made?

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Originally posted by 22WRF:
What is it about those Northfork bullets? How are they made?

They are very similar to TBBC but better.

http://www.northforkbullets.com/magento/

I really love the .358 Norma. I have built a few, one with a 27" SS barrel that gives unbelieveable velocities. For us in Scandinavia it has a special ring to it, of course.
Cases are easiest made from .375 H&H, if you want to save the ones with original stamping.

No critter in NA would ever feel the difference between properly loaded .338WM, .358 Norma, 9,3x64 or the .375 Ruger. If you fancy the big swede, there is no reason not to get it.

I don't think I will ever have the opportunity to hunt Brown Bears, although I wouldn't turn down an opportunity if one presented itself.

Nevertheless, I have read on various forums where people have claimed that they felt undergunned with a .338 Win Mag when hunting Brown Bear.

I took the bear in my sig line with a 338 WM & 225gr Nosler part. I never felt undergunned for one second, I shot it at about 35 yards almost straight on, and dropped in his tracks pretty much DRT.

I had planned on using my 416 RM, but for reasons we wont get into ended up taking the 338.

When I go again I will likely take a 375 or 416 of some variation, but the 338 works(ed)

CMFIC1

When you go again, why will you take the .375 or .416 instead of the .338?

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Originally posted by 22WRF:
CMFIC1

When you go again, why will you take the .375 or .416 instead of the .338?

Well as good as the 338 worked, I would still like something with a little more authority. My next Bear hunt will likely be in an area where its pretty tight quarters, plus the cost of these hunts has some to do with it. If given the oppurtunity and whether its a BB @ <100, an Elk @ 200 or Caribou >300..........I want to hit 'em (in the right spot) with as much as I can.

JMO

22WRF ----- I went on a Brown Bear hunt with a .300 Winny and a 200 grain Nosler Partition loaded to 2950 fps. I felt like I had a cannon, after growing from a 30-30 then to a .308, then the Winny. When I came face to face with four Brownies at close quarters, I felt like I had a pea shooter in my hands. I got my 91/2 footer with one shot head on with not problems, then the hunting group handled the other three Bears. That experience caused me to greatly respect the size and speed of the big Bears therefore on my next trip into big Brown country saw me armed with a .340 Wby and it was fine and did extremely well on a big Moose. Since then I have gone to the .358 STA and feel even better. I have the .416 Rem and Rigby I could take is another trip comes up, but the handleing of the Model 70 STA is much quicker and more instinctive for me, thus I would stick with it. Just my .02 worth. Good shooting.

Double Tap Ammo (www.doubletapammo.com) offers three different .358 Norma loads:

225 grain Accubonds at 3,000 fps
250 grain Partitions at 2,850 fps
280 grain A-Frames at 2,650 fps

I have used a lot of their ammo and it works really well and is priced right.

I've been shooting a Mauser 98 in a .358 NM with a 26" barrel for 12 years now and it is my go to gun for almost any thing I hunt. I started out shooting 225 gr Sierra's and switched to Speer 250 gr but have a bos of Nosler Partitions in 250 gr I'm wanting to try. I use IMR 4350 on the max side. Taken many of Whitetails and a Elk recovery is short and I have only found one bullet, the 225 gr bullets came apart leaving alot of damage on Whitetails.

I have been taking 338 WM cases and fire forming with cornmeal since I got the rifle.

It's a great caliber.

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It's a great caliber.

Thats kind of what I have been thinking, especially if a person is going to limit theirself to one rifle for all of North America.

Seems like there are good bullets for the heavy game. Are there any good lightweight bullets for things like Antelope, etc.

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Originally posted by 22WRF:
Nevertheless, I have read on various forums where people have claimed that they felt undergunned with a .338 Win Mag when hunting Brown Bear.

If one feels undergunned with a .338WM, but at ease with a .358Norma, I am afraid one has not grasped some basic understanding about outer ballistics.

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Originally posted by Bent Fossdal:
I really love the .358 Norma. I have built a few, one with a 27" SS barrel that gives unbelieveable velocities. For us in Scandinavia it has a special ring to it, of course.
Cases are easiest made from .375 H&H, if you want to save the ones with original stamping.

No critter in NA would ever feel the difference between properly loaded .338WM, .358 Norma, 9,3x64 or the .375 Ruger. If you fancy the big swede, there is no reason not to get it.

The 375 is definitely bigger than the 338 Win . The expanded bullets are wider and tend to be heavier .... The 338 is a great round , but I would prefer the 358 ,or 9.3 or 375 for bear .. The 375 tends to have a bit more dramatic affect on a bear than the 338