kansaswiderack

i am having trouble finding ammo for my 338 WM. this year i shot the federal premium 225 trophy copper which was very accurate but it did punch all the way thru my elk @ 480 yards with apparently little to no expansion-entry hole and exit where the same size. at 100 yards the nosler partition seemed to group well but i can't find them locally and the copper bullets i had to buy in Ft Worth when i was down there. accubonds in winchester did group well nor did hornady SST. i am still looking for something i can depend on and is reasonably available. my local cabelas has the core locks but they don't group well enough to be trust worthy out to the long ranges one can get into elk hunting. even the on line shops seem to have a hard time stocking 338 ammo. i am at a point were i am considering a 300 wm just so i can get ammo. there seems to be alot more of that around than the 338.

Bullcamp82834

RCBS

Make your own.

CalHunter

That's the tough part. If you're talking about factory loaded 250 grn Partitions, they're accurate and do the job well. I haven't looked around specifically for that round and bullet lately but I have noticed that Scheels seemed to have more ammo than Cabelas. You might have to do some internet searching or call around. You might also shoot a PM to Nomercy448 as he's located in Kansas and may be able to steer you to a store there. Good luck.

Ridge Runner

yup! whut he said
RR

Mojotex

I gave up on trying to find a good grouping factory load in this crazy market. Ammo prices through the roof and availibility spotty at best. Bought the dies and rolling my own. In my area, reloading components are much easier to find than factory ammo. Abut all I have not been able to locate has been Reloader 19.

Ridge Runner

mojo try re22 75 gr behind a 250 accubond, a max load so cut it a bit and work up
RR

coolbrze0

I shoot factory 210 gr. Nosler Partitions & handloaded 250 Barnes TSXs out of my .338 Win Mag. Both shoot incredibly well, much better than about 6 other types I've shot out of it. Been looking for more 210 NPs but haven't seen any in a while either.

Bullcamp82834

To follow up on my earlier comment.........
If you shoot much 338 ( or anything else ) the money laid out for a press and the other basic tools needed to handload your own is money well spent.
And that's just the financial aspect of it.

WV Hunter

Seems that is almost the only way. Only problem with this... components are hard to find also I've got a few things I've been looking for almost a whole year now. Freaking ridiculous if you ask me.

A .300 win mag would certainly fit the bill...but would be a whole lot more expensive than getting set up to load your own, imo.

Bullcamp82834

I hear you.
Sometimes I wonder if we are just in a bad stretch or whether the good old days are gone forever.