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    Best hunting 33 cal bullet and load ? 338 win mag

    I have a 338 win mag as my back up gun for hunting this winter. We have some 4350 and 4831 powder. I was running Accubonds in the 225 grainers. Played with some different loads but never really hit a home run. It has a kreiger barrel and feel finding a load should not be rocket science. It still has a wood stock but it's bedded and should be ok. Everything we did was moa plus.

    That barrel should give me moa pretty easy.

    Anywho, what you got guys!

    PB
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    Try some H4831SC. It may not give you as much speed, but it's like magic in rifles that won't shoot anything else.


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    The AccuBonds should shoot, always have from my guns.
    Try different powder as suggested.
    Rl 22 or 25 worth a shot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gaijin View Post
    The AccuBonds should shoot, always have from my guns.
    Try different powder as suggested.
    Rl 22 or 25 worth a shot.
    I have a little RL22. I'll shit if their damned powder is the answer.
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    No kidding. I hate that stuff but my .280AI loves it.


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    Sierra game kings. Good bullets...

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    Quote Originally Posted by gaijin View Post
    The AccuBonds should shoot, always have from my guns.
    Try different powder as suggested.
    Rl 22 or 25 worth a shot.
    Accubonds is what I feed my 300WM and its lights out 24/7. Love that gun, love that round. It's just puzzling us with 338WM.
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    If you haven't already done so, you might try this PB-

    My experience has been- sometimes the barrel wants forend pressure, sometimes it wants to float, particularly with a wood stock.
    My usual practice is to hog out and bed the action to just forward of the lug- maybe an inch into the barrel taper. I'll float the barrel all the way out from there, so I can slide a folded dollar bill from the bedding to the forend tip.
    If a "known quantity" load doesn't shoot with this setup I fold a business card and slide it between the barrel and forend- so it exerts upward pressure.
    If that works I'll pull the barreled action, make a "dam" out of clay, slather release agent (Johnson's Paste Wax) on end of barrel, fill the dam with Acraglass and snug down the action- NOT all the way.
    After 24 hrs. pull it apart, clean out the clay, torque the action down and shoot it.

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    How are you adjusting your resizing dies? Just enough neck resize down to the shoulder junction? Or are you trying to squeeze all the way down to the belt?

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    Quote Originally Posted by gaijin View Post
    If you haven't already done so, you might try this PB-

    My experience has been- sometimes the barrel wants forend pressure, sometimes it wants to float, particularly with a wood stock.
    My usual practice is to hog out and bed the action to just forward of the lug- maybe an inch into the barrel taper. I'll float the barrel all the way out from there, so I can slide a folded dollar bill from the bedding to the forend tip.
    If a "known quantity" load doesn't shoot with this setup I fold a business card and slide it between the barrel and forend- so it exerts upward pressure.
    If that works I'll pull the barreled action, make a "dam" out of clay, slather release agent (Johnson's Paste Wax) on end of barrel, fill the dam with Acraglass and snug down the action- NOT all the way.
    After 24 hrs. pull it apart, clean out the clay, torque the action down and shoot it.
    I'm going to pay particular attention to the pressure I put on the gun next time out to shoot. I may later try some of these tactics. Or I might eat the bullet and buy a stock or chassis. I don't want to buy a stock if I can't get it to group first though.

    Another option might be try some 250 grain bullets. I never tried those.

    If I go into rebuild mode, I'm going to put a suppressor adapter on it and have a hunting gun with can. I have a 338LM can from Sig that I run on my 300 currently.

    A lot of options, AFTER I confirm she is a shooter.

    PB
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