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Thanks for the info.  I grew up in Maine using an 8 mm Mauser as my principle big game gun.  My grandfather brought it back from the war and sporterized it himself, as he is a competant gunsmith.  I am quite confident in its ability to kill moose, caribou, and black bear as it has brought down a few before.  But the idea of a shot over 100 yds is most real here and running into an animal that might decide to tear me up has me looking bigger.  I did some ballistic checks on the 338wm and it is impressive, even out to some pretty good distances.  My friend back home let me shoot his 338 RUM and that seemed a bit obnoxious.  I think the WM is enough gun and the recoil is well within my tolerances.  I just like to here what you guys have to say because there is no real substitute for field experience, even with all the charts and graphs at hand.       Thanks again, and any more input is always welcome.

Message Thread:

• All around AK gun ptarmigan Jan 19 2005
  • FN and AR for everything but brownies salmonforlife Jan 25 2005
  • Shoot what you can shoot well Diablo Jan 25 2005
  • 338 AlaskaBob Jan 24 2005
  • .30-06, .300WM, and .338WM Ray Jan 22 2005
  • another 338 vote Daveintheburbs Jan 21 2005
    • Thanks ptarmigan Jan 21 2005
      • Ptarmigan, All-Around Rifle Murphy Jan 31 2005
  • Big Bang 17 Rem Jan 20 2005
  • One Gun gil Jan 20 2005
  • another Bill S. Jan 20 2005
  • opinions B_M Jan 19 2005
    • 375hh bboy Jan 24 2005