RUMLUVER,
Well, I'm about to do it.
Its getting pretty boring shooting the 338Win after all the kinks are worked out. Its probably one of the better shooting rifles I've owned but as some said, "It ain't sexy."
Found a new/unfired 338 RUM bbl in sporter config. at a super price and from a trustworthy gunsmith. I'll put another 225 or so into it getting the bbl and brake switched and add a tubbs recoil lug then we'll go to playing with it.
I'll pillar bed the stock then probably re-skim bed it.
That ought to stretch my range several hundred yards.
It'll be a neat cartridge/chamber/barrel comparison. The Win gets the 225 Hornady to 2900 and the 250 Sierra to 2850. I would expect to get the 250 to at least 3000 with the RUM with a decent level of accuracy.
Also think I'll get it throated so that the base of the Wildcat 252 RBBTs is at the base of the neck.
Also it will be a single shot so I don't have to have the rails messed with. The smith will "glue" in one of those single shot inserts.
I don't mind a single shot at all except if me and a griz ever get to scuffling over something I shot. Then I'd do my shooting from a bit of a distance then put the muzzle at the entrance wounds and shoot again. Figure that brake would make some unmistakable powder burns.
Otta be a pretty good excuse wouldn't cha thinK
