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Originally Posted by Maxwell78
Thanks for the great info everyone. I am still on the fence of what to do. My one concern of all this is the recoil that this thing produces. I have had a Savage 300wm that kicked like a mule. On the flip side of that. i also had a x-bolt 300wm that seemed to have half that recoil. My 338-06 is a dream to shoot recoil wise with the 225 gr bullets. Mind you its just over 9lbs scoped. I am curious what the same speed on a 286 gr will do.
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I think that bullet is just too much for that cartridge. I use 225 maximum in mine. For the heavies I go with the .35 Whelen Ai or my 9.3x62. The latter two weigh over 10 lbs ,all up
The 286 in the 9.3x62 has a MV of 2460 @ 58 000 psi
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Last edited by Salavee; 01-04-2021 at 05:19 PM.
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