*Casing image above is an artist rendering and not a real photo of .330 Dakota Ballistics cartridge. MPBR for a 10 inch kill box illustrates the concept. 0000006742 00000 n I have taken a considerable number of big game with .338s, including elk, moose, black bear, caribou, deer, pronghorn antelope, grizzly and Alaskan brown bears and have also used them in long-range target work at distances out to 2,000 yards. 0000004677 00000 n 0000008150 00000 n Mag., but are ballistically inefficient, loud and kick like the devil. They have the powder capacity to launch them at impressive velocities and thus use those bullets high BC and SD advantages. Available in different sizes and red dot ready, it'll fit your needs, whatever they are. To date, Ive effectively shot the .300 PRC from 40 yards, at which I walloped a giant of a free-range Nyala while hunting with Crusader Safaris, out to 1844 yards, at which distance I peppered a 1 by 1.5 MOA rock with gratifying regularity. The extreme spread in this variable is from 2366 ft. lbs. commercial market. Read more .330 Dakota $ 6.12 ea. Lots of recoil and muzzle blast. Its not efficient at all, meaning it burns copious quantities of propellant. Lets start with the most common of them all: the .300 Winchester Magnum. These genuine magnum Mausers are indeed expensive and not available off the shelf in most gun stores. (Most factory ammo for the .338 WM sells for $2 to $3 per round, with a wide choice of brands and bullet weights available.). Thinking of a 33 Nosler, Proof carbon sendaro barrel w/brake and HS precision stock. Mag. All groups are 3 shots at 100 yards, and all bullets were molly coated except the Winchester Fail safes which were coated from the factory. If you can source enough brass for the Dakota before you build it great of not I'd look at the Edge really hard! Designed specifically for ELR (extra long range) use, the .300 PRC is optimized for shooting way, way out there. Mag, the softest here, slaps the shooter as hard as a .375 H&H Magnum, while the .338-378 and .338 Lapua are close to .416 Rigby territory. This content is accurate and true to the best of the authors knowledge and is not meant to substitute for formal and individualized advice from a qualified professional. With a 27 inch barrel the Dakota is the equal to the 338RUM. However, these rifles require handloading to realize full potential. eO_wk^./Jbkb9/LEx.v4;VjUkSM~TOeIV3 Although I love it, in pure technical terms Im forced to admit the .300 Win. h'@ } endstream endobj 70 0 obj <>>> endobj 71 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/Shading<>>>/Rotate 0/Thumb 60 0 R/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 432.0 648.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 72 0 obj <> endobj 73 0 obj <> endobj 74 0 obj <>stream AccuBond (.550 BC/.281 SD) at 3025 fps. His third shot struck in the vitals, and within a few feet the moose stumbled and went down for good. lbs., while the 200 grain load in a 9.5 pound .338-378 rifle would generate 48.0 ft. lbs. v610^aK7P?wk{doxUX*D7A&UPxa=@i K endstream endobj 58 0 obj <>>> endobj 59 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/Shading<>>>/Rotate 0/Thumb 51 0 R/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 432.0 648.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 60 0 obj <> endobj 61 0 obj <> endobj 62 0 obj <>stream 0000086353 00000 n When fired from a cartridge with ballistics similar to the .33 Nosler, low-drag .338 bullets often better many smaller magnums. Muzzle breaks are a cheat; they produce excessive back blast and flash which both deafens and blinds (in low light) a shooter. Averaged across the four bullet weights, the .338 Win. To comply with the new e-Privacy directive, we need to ask for your consent to set the cookies. Mikey Hartman, Lt. Col. Mag. 0000007944 00000 n In many ways, it does what the .300 PRC does, and does it even better. 0000033354 00000 n I was using the 250 Nosler Partition back then. This beast provides more initial velocity than any of the previous cartridges discussed, and has proven to be an outstanding elk cartridge. The barrel was broken in by firing one round, then completely cleaning the barrel after each shot for the first 10 shots. This put some cartridges at a disadvantage since only factory advertised velocities were used. Mag. Averaging across the four bullet weights, here are the percentage increases in muzzle velocity of each super magnum over the .338 Win. For the next 20 rounds, it was cleaned after every five shots. 0000087329 00000 n As a general rule, more than 15 ft-lbsf is considered enough recoil to affect most shooters accuracy. These cartridges are also best when paired with the heaviest bullet weights. 330 DAKOTA We used Dakota 330 brass and the Federal 215 primers throughout all our tests. The PRCs solitary advantage is its longer head height and throat, which play nicer with extremely long, high-BC bullets. The muzzle blast of the .338-378 is also much greater, although I have no way of quantifying that. 0000011255 00000 n It appears that .340 Weatherby and .338 Lapua factory cartridges start at about $4.50 each, while .338-378 Weatherby ammo runs about $7 per cartridge and .330 Dakota cartridges cost about $10 each. Before there were scopes or red dots there were iron sights. 0000042164 00000 n by chambering it in true magnum-length actions that allow handloaders to seat long bullets at optimum lengths. Here, in summary form, is my case against the super magnums, including the good, bad and ugly. Picked up a newbie here a while back chambered in 330 Dakota. Subscriber Services. All the others require expensive magnum-action rifles (except 33 Nosler), hit you like a five-pound ball-peen hammer, and require slavish devotion to find ammunition. The Nosler may be able to edge out the Dakota, but not by much. All the cartridges tested were limited by the minimum expansion velocity recommended for the standard Nosler AccuBond. Nonetheless, their performance captured the attention of major manufacturers. Just was nervous these heavys might do the same. Magnum's ballistics. Upon skinning it, the third bullet, a Nosler 250-grain Partition, was found under the skin on the offside and showed perfect expansion and had destroyed the lungs. A World Record Attempt and everyone is out at the range shooting and practicing. Although it became popular for woods and timber hunting, it was not a long-range powerhouse for large game, as it shared a trajectory similar to the .30-30 Winchester. The successive increases in power are in the order I listed the cartridges above, except that the .340 Weatherby and .338 Remington Ultra Mag (RUM) are ballistic (but not interchangeable) twins. Mag. Long Belted wildcat cartridges and the .338 Winchester and .340 Weatherby cartridges cannot be ignored. For these reasons, none of these cartridges seriously challenges the popularity of the .338 Win. It features a beltless case, functions in standard length actions, is powder efficient, accurate and offers impressive velocities. 0000051517 00000 n The author acknowledges hand loaders can achieve much better performance in many instances. 0000057837 00000 n Brilliant writing. of recoil, a 55% difference. Also, ammo gets more expensive. . The lightest load carries over a ton of energy at 300 yards and the heaviest over a half ton more. They are also expensive to buy and shoot. Hey guys, new to this forum. O.K.H. 0000084352 00000 n gets 40.4 f.p.s. 0000025931 00000 n Respective similarities between the .333 O.K.H. | While we have went to great lengths to make sure that it's as accurate as possible this rendering should not be used to generate specs for casings. 0000011972 00000 n This combination is the goal Winchesters designers had in mind when they introduced the first production .338 magnum in 1958. rifle. Nosler currently offers three grades of factory loads for it: Match Grade (a 300-grain bullet at 2,550 fps), Trophy Grade (a 225-grain AccuBond at 3,025 fps), and a Trophy Grade Long Range (a 265-grain AccuBond at 2,775 fps). For example, 72.4 grain of IMR 4350 powder will drive a 200 grain bullet at 3000 f.p.s. 0000004151 00000 n 0000003535 00000 n -Editor.). wildcats gained some popularity; however, British .333-inch bullets were not always readily available in the U.S., which limited their acceptance among shooters and hunters. The bore was then cleaned after every three shots for the next 15 shots. has many outdated design characteristics, starting with the entirely unnecessary belt and including its quite-short neck, which (in theory more than practice) provides a marginal grip on the bullet and can potentially allow concentricity inconsistencies. faster than does the .338 Win. The store will not work correctly in the case when cookies are disabled. Compared: .338 Winchester Magnum, .338-06 A-Square and .338 Ruger Compact Magnum, 8.8% increase in powder to get 2.8% increase in MV in the .330 Dakota, 21.5% increase in powder to get 6.5% increase in MV in the .340 Weatherby, 27.3% increase in powder to get 6.5% increase in MV in the .338 RUM, 35.0% increase in powder to get 7.4% increase in MV in the .338 Lapua, 51.6% increase in powder to get 10.9% increase in MV in the .338-378 Weatherby, 14.1% more efficient than the .340 Weatherby, 37.4% more efficient than the .338-378 Weatherby. Its got class, panache, and performance in spades, and is actually the oldest veteran in this group. Nosler has just introduced a new SAAMI-spec .338-caliber cartridge, the 33 Nosler, which is based on the 404 Jeffrey parent case. Either way, and for all loads in between, that is a lot of wallop! Due to its efficient case design, including a shorter powder column and 35-degree shoulder, and careful selection of powders to optimize velocities, it burns around 18 percent less powder than the .338 Lapua Magnum while achieving similar velocities. $60.99. Using preproduction ammunition, muzzle velocity averaged 3,099 fps from the 26-inch barrel of the Nosler Model 48 Patriot rifle. The .338 Winchester Magnum became the iconic elk, brown bear, and moose cartridge, and it spawned competitors as the market demanded ever-faster velocities. The .33 Nosler is already SAAMI approved and has a maximum average pressure of 65,000 psi. While 225-grain projectiles have become the more popular in recent years, the 250- and 300-grain bullets are ideal for large animals such as elk, moose, and the big bearsif one can tolerate the recoil. In 1962 Roy Weatherby announced the .340 Weatherby Magnum for his Mark V rifle that was based on the full-length .300 H&H Magnum case blown out with a double-radius shoulder and necked to accept .338-inch bullets. They deliver sufficient energy well beyond the range where the bullet decelerates to 1800 fps. Power. 6.5mm Remington Magnum, .475 Nitro Express Number 2, .45 Smith & Wesson Schofield, .375 Weatherby Magnum, 7mm Dakota, .500 Smith & Wesson Special Magnum, .375 Holland & Holland Magnum, .340 Weatherby Magnum, .30-378 Weatherby, .350 Remington Magnum, .500 Jeffery, .257 Weatherby Magnum, .327 Federal Magnum, .460 Smith & Wesson, .330 Dakota. and that is a place I do not wish to visit often. makmj38c$q0jh !~F? Already have 300WM and 338WM. 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