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19 February 2004, 04:37
Donato
338 taylor
My friend just bought a custom rifle in 338 Taylor. Has anyone here had any experience with it?
19 February 2004, 05:35
jeffeosso
hmmm,
the taylor series is a 375 and a 416 bullet neck on a 338 winmage or 458 winmag case.... perhaps it reads "375/338 taylor" or "416/338 taylor"

a 338 taylor, in my understanding, would be nothing but a 338 win

jeffe
19 February 2004, 10:40
Atkinson
There is no such animal....The 375 Chatfield/Taylor and the 416 Chatfield/Taylor are the only calibers that are recognized...Now some yahoo can buy a reamer with odd demensions and name it whatever he wants I suppose....

The above calibers are simply the 338 case necked up to 375 and 416..They are efficient cartridges but the 375 H&H and 416 Rem outdistance them both for practicality.
19 February 2004, 11:15
Zach
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They are efficient cartridges but the 375 H&H and 416 Rem outdistance them both for practicality.



Unless you are trying to build one on a standard Mauser action. Then the Taylors become the practical choice.
23 February 2004, 05:16
Sabot
I would also like to add that the 375 H&H is NOT more powerful that the 375 Taylor. There is no majic to the 338 Win Mag case used in the Taylor, but the 375 H&H is the mose inefficient big bore ever conceived. For about 7 grains of extra case capacity, it goes to 3.60 inches COL, and then does nothing with the extra capacity.

The Taylor achieves the same velocities as the H&H with the same bullets at the same pressures.
23 February 2004, 08:17
Ray, Alaska
Here is some data for the .375 Taylor (.338/.375). I am not sure if there is a .338 Taylor. The .375 Taylor uses .338 cases necked up to .375 bullets. Is that the cartridge your friend has? If so, he has an outstanding .338 that duplicates the ballistics of the .375 H&H.



http://www.geocities.com/bw_99835/375Taylor.htm
23 February 2004, 18:03
dan belisle
Sounds like someone has labeled the rifle in the English manner, which uses the original case first and then the bullet diameter (ie; 338-375). If it takes 375 bullets, then it's likely a 375 Chatfield Taylor, which most folks just call a 375 Taylor. - Dan
23 February 2004, 20:15
Ray, Alaska
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Sounds like someone has labeled the rifle in the English manner, which uses the original case first and then the bullet diameter (ie; 338-375).



Something to think about, I guess. The .338-404 uses a .404 case and .338-caliber bullets, then the .338-378 also uses .338-caliber bullets. It's confusing, since there is a .338-300. Doesn't the .338-300 use a .338-caliber case and .30-caliber bullet? If so, the .338-375 seems to have been developed with the same ideas in mind (case first, bullet second), but it's called .375 Taylor.
24 February 2004, 11:09
dan belisle
I thought the 338-300 was 338 bullets on a 300 Win Mag case? - Dan