.338 Federal

Rifle cartridge .338 Federal 338 Federal cartridges.jpg 300px .338 Federal between .308 Winchester (left) and .358 Winchester (right) United States Rifle Federal Cartridge / Sako Federal Cartridge 2006 .308 Winchester Rimless, bottleneck .338 .369 .454 .470 .473 .049 2.01 2.75 Large rifle 62,000 psi 180 AccuBond 2830 3200 185 Triple Shock 2750 3105 210 AccuBond 2630 3225 24" Pac-Nor Nosler Load Data,http://www.nosler.com/nosler-load-data/338-federal Nosler Load Data November 25, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20150205230825/http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5163436ce4b0b470bd1fbb00/t/51ba3876e4b028aca24d7429/1371158646497/338-Federal-180gr-Version-7-0.pdf February 5, 2015 Hodgdon Reloading Data CenterTake Aim at Rifle Reloading Data | Hodgdon Reloading http://www.hodgdonreloading.com/data/rifle https://web.archive.org/web/20150328085331/http://www.hodgdonreloading.com/data/rifle 2015-03-28 live 2015-02-05 The .338 Federal is a rifle cartridge based on the .308 Winchester case necked up to .33 caliber. It was created by Federal Cartridge and SAKO 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, 0-89689-297-2 pp.75,104 .338 Federal can fit SR-25 pattern magazines but requires some modification for reliabilityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&si=05MfehOtIb3tjN0L&v=6fQ45sdwqLQ&feature=youtu.be https://web.archive.org/web/20240614115635/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&si=05MfehOtIb3tjN0L&v=6fQ45sdwqLQ&feature=youtu.be 2024-06-14 Successor to the Scout: Q's 8.6mm Fix YouTube 14 April 2023 Comparison November 2023 The .338 Federal was designed by Federal Ammunition and it's 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. +.338 Federal Performance Comparison Cartridge Bullet Weight Muzzle velocity Muzzle energy LoadLoad values specify typical powder weight for this level of performance. Recoil in 8 lb on riflegrgft/s m/s ft·lbf Jgrgft·lbf J .338 Federal 210 gr g table2630 ft/s table3225 ftlbf J table47 gr g table23.42 ftlbf J table .338 Federal 180 gr g table2830 ft/s table3200 ftlbf J table47 gr g table21.84 ftlbf J table .358 Win 200 gr g table2490 ft/s table2753 ftlbf J table49 gr g table20.07 ftlbf J table 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 Table of handgun and rifle cartridges sectional density Notes References External links Peterson's Rifle Shooter magazine reviewed the .338 Federal in a Kimber 84M in "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" https://web.archive.org/web/20080923025251/http://gunsandammomag.com/cs/Satellite/IMO_GA/Story_C/.338+Federal 2008-09-23 (2 Feb. 2007). He also wrote of using it to hunt antelope in New Mexico. Chuck Hawks reviewed the .338 Federal in, "First Look: The .338 Federal Rifle Cartridge" Sheriff Jim Wilson of Shooting Times magazine reviewed the .338 Federal in a Sako rifle and tells of his experience hunting whitetail deer with them "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 deer "The New .338 Federal Is Big News for Big Game" Buck Pope of GunWeek reviewed the .338 Federal in a Ruger Model 77 Mark II Frontier in "Ruger M77 Frontier Rifle In .338 Federal Test Report" Jeff Quinn of GunBlast.com reviewed the ArmaLite AR-10T in .338 Federal in "ArmaLite AR-10(T) Match Grade .338 Federal Semi-Auto Rifle" (14 Aug 2008). Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges