Need a good .33 win bullet

11 December 2005, 08:45

338vt

I'm looking for a jacketed 150 to 195 grian bullet for the old .33 winnie..338 (1800 fps). Thin jackets are in order. any help is welcome.
Thanks 338vt

11 December 2005, 09:34

N E 450 No2

Contact http://www.hawkbullets.com.
I have used them in my 9,3x74R and in my 450/400 1/4". GREAT killers.
If you are unsure which jacket thickness to choose give them a call.

11 December 2005, 20:08

MuskegMan

As you may (or may not) know, Hornady makes a .338 diameter 200 gr FP specifically for the 33 Win. They say (in my older Hornady Manual) that the targeted performance envelope is 1,800 - 2,200 fps. I have used these in my .338 Win at 2,200 fps (reduced vel) for deer. They worked quite well.

MM

13 December 2005, 00:24

Dave James

HAWk, is the only one I know of that offers the liter weight ones, they work well on deer

HORNADAY has dropped their 200 grain FP from production..

Have pester the hell out of BARNES, and a couple of others for a Flat Point but so far no luck

13 December 2005, 00:27

500grains

quote:
Originally posted by MuskegMan:
As you may (or may not) know, Hornady makes a .338 diameter 200 gr FP specifically for the 33 Win. They say (in my older Hornady Manual) that the targeted performance envelope is 1,800 - 2,200 fps. I have used these in my .338 Win at 2,200 fps (reduced vel) for deer. They worked quite well.

MM

I used that bullet at 3000 fps in a .338 win mag on rabbits and it sprayed rabbit vapor all across the landscape.

13 December 2005, 00:28

fredj338

I'ld go w/ the Hornady 200gr. The Hawk can be very soft & tend to over expand unless you get the really heavy jackets.

13 December 2005, 04:47

338vt

Looked into that 200gr Hornady, and yes it is discotinued.

Was hoping to make 155gr. hollow points for my 338lapua and intraduce a coyote or two to some. Well bake to the drawing board. I'm hoping for a nice varmint 150 to 180grainer. A 150 tnt would be nice! Back to the 33 winnie. I might go with a hawk. All help welcome! Keep it comming.
338vt

13 December 2005, 06:00

seafire/B17G

If you are single shoot loading the magazine of the 33 Winchester, then the 200 grain Hornady SP or the Nosler Ballistic Tips will perform excellent in that velocity range....

I down load my 338.06 at times to get a little Nostalgic about the 33 Winchester...

An 1886 Winchester is on my short list of rifles I'd like to have....of course chambered in 33 Winchester .. and also one in 40/65....

Some day, when I am tired of looking for an affordable one that has not been bored out to 45/70... I may just rechamber a Marlin 1895 into 33 Winchester....

cheers
seafire

13 December 2005, 08:47

N E 450 No2

seafire
About 1991 I was in a gunstore in Spokane WA.
He had a few "trash cans" full of old Winchester lever rifles. Several in 40/65.
I cannot remember the name of the store but it had been around for a long while. He was outside of the main part of town. I went back in 1993 and he still had all the same stuff.
Never seen so many lever rifles.

15 December 2005, 10:59

seafire/B17G

quote:
Originally posted by N E 450 No2:
seafire
About 1991 I was in a gunstore in Spokane WA.
He had a few "trash cans" full of old Winchester lever rifles. Several in 40/65.
I cannot remember the name of the store but it had been around for a long while. He was outside of the main part of town. I went back in 1993 and he still had all the same stuff.
Never seen so many lever rifles.

I'll have to look around for that, when I am up in Spokane on business the next time....

thanks for the heads up!

cheers
seafire

15 December 2005, 11:33

Alberta Canuck

quote:
Originally posted by seafire/B17G:
If you are single shoot loading the magazine of the 33 Winchester, then the 200 grain Hornady SP or the Nosler Ballistic Tips will perform excellent in that velocity range....

I down load my 338.06 at times to get a little Nostalgic about the 33 Winchester...

An 1886 Winchester is on my short list of rifles I'd like to have....of course chambered in 33 Winchester .. and also one in 40/65....

Some day, when I am tired of looking for an affordable one that has not been bored out to 45/70... I may just rechamber a Marlin 1895 into 33 Winchester....

cheers
seafire

Seafire-

Just in case it is of any use to you, I have a .33 winchester reamer you can borrow.....

(I'm in the process of building a siamese Mauser for that round.)