The .338 Federal is a
rifle
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cartridge based on the
.308 Winchester case necked up to .33
caliber
In guns, particularly firearm
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. It was created by
Federal Cartridge and
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in 2006 and intended as a big game cartridge with reasonable recoil for lightweight rifles.
[''Cartridges of the World 11th Edition'', Book by Frank C. Barnes, Edited by Stan Skinner, Gun Digest Books, 2006, pp.75,104]
Comparison
The .338 Federal was designed by Federal Ammunition and it is a
SAAMI standardized cartridge that was released in 2006. In the table below is a comparison between the .338 Federal and the older
.358 Winchester, another cartridge based on the
.308 Winchester.
Rifles
Savage and
Heym (Models SR21,
SR 30) offer bolt-action rifles.
LMT,
DPMS Panther Arms,
[Panther LR-338L](_blank)
, retrieved 17 Nov 2008 and
Wilson Combat,
[Recon Tactical .338 Federal](_blank)
Wilsoncombat.com, retrieved 24 July 2016. offered semi-automatic rifles in .338 Federal as of May 2019. Sako no longer offers rifles in .338 Federal.
See also
*
.338 Lapua Magnum
*
.338 Marlin Express
*
.338 Ruger Compact Magnum
*
.338 Remington Ultra Magnum
*
.338 Winchester Magnum
*
8 mm caliber
*
List of rifle cartridges
List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, calibre and name.
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Table of handgun and rifle cartridges
This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun
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sectional density
Notes
References
External links
* Peterson's ''Rifle Shooter'' magazine reviewed the .338 Federal in a Kimber 84M i
"Truly Useful: The .338 Federal."* Chub Eastman of ''Guns & Ammo'' has an article on reloading the .338 Federal
".338 Federal: Federal's first proprietary cartridge makes real short-action sense" (2 Feb. 2007). He also wrote of using it to hunt antelope in New Mexico.
* Chuck Hawks reviewed the .338 Federal in
* Sheriff Jim Wilson of ''Shooting Times'' magazine reviewed the .338 Federal in a Sako rifle and tells of his experience hunting whitetail deer with the
"In The Field With The New .338 Federal"
* Buck Pope of ''GunWeek'' reviewed using the .338 Federal in a Sako Hunter Model 85 and his use of them to harvest a 225-pound wild boar and an 8-point whitetail dee
* Buck Pope of ''GunWeek'' reviewed the .338 Federal in a Ruger Model 77 Mark II Frontier i
* Jeff Quinn of ''GunBlast.com'' reviewed the ArmaLite AR-10T in .338 Federal i
(14 Aug 2008).
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