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Smilerone other question. What are peoples views on barrel & throat life with the big 30's. I understand that they burn up pretty quickly even with moderate loads, around 1000 rounds? I was hopping to get 2-3000 rounds out of the new rifle?
 
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The big 30,S don't burn up the throat if you keep them from heating up..Misuse is the problem with most hotrod rifles..In a hunting situation your not going to hurt them, but pumping round after round at the range will burn them up.

BTW, my choice is always the .338 Win, a cartridge I dearly love, but I have had for the last 50 years old 300 H&H mod. 70 that sure has been a neat gun and served me well.

Either way, you can't go wrong.


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Interesting question, and one I am interested in myself. Looking at rebarreling a Savage, and have been eying somehting in .338. Torn between the .338-06 and the .338 Win Mag
 
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thanks Atkinson, that's comforting. I undertood the big 30's tend to burn out throats and barrels quickly, like around 1000 rounds. As with anything if you don't push the bonds and look after something, it should last longer.

I really am, thinking 338 Lapua Mg now, I must say
 
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For me the 338 Win Mag makes a lot of sense. The only reason I'd even consider a bigger cased 338 is if I found a need to shoot bullets heavier than 225 grains. Real world ballistics, I'm getting 3,000 fps with 225 grain bullets out of my 338wm. A friend of mine shot his 338 ultra mag (same bullets, same krieger barrel) accross the same chronograph and got the same velocity only he burned a full 20 grains more powder. 3,000 fps out of a 338 wm, the load came out of the speer #12 manual and I'm slightly under the maximum listed load.

You achieve diminished returns with bigger cases, unless shooting heavy bullets.


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Interesting question, and one I am interested in myself. Looking at rebarreling a Savage, and have been eying somehting in .338. Torn between the .338-06 and the .338 Win Mag


Will it be a hunting rifle?

Something to consider, if you end up hunting in say, Alaska or somewhere more remote, and for some reason you get seperated from your ammo, you will find .338 Win in every gas station or outpost in Alaska. The nearest .338-06 round may be a few hundred miles away..........maybe.

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