.338 Winchester Magnum

The cartridge .338 Winchester Magnum is a powerful rifle cartridge.

History

The .338 Winchester Magnum belongs to a started by Winchester in 1956 family of high-performance Winchester Magnum cartridges, which are all based on a similar belt sleeve. The sleeve corresponds to the cartridge .375 Holland & Holland Magnum, which was tapered to 8.6 mm and shortened to 64 mm.

As a founding father of the .338 Winchester Magnum developed by Charlie O'Neil Elmer Keith and Don Hopkins Wildcat .334 OKH can be viewed. This was based on the sleeve of the cartridge .300 H & H Magnum, which was based in turn on the sleeve of the .375 Holland & Holland Magnum. The .338 Winchester Magnum is a flared for a .338 he bullet .334 OKH.

It was presented in 1958 together with the cartridge .264 Winchester Magnum. You should close the gap between the cartridges in caliber .30 and those of the .375 Holland & Holland.

Related cartridges

• .264 Winchester Magnum (1958 ) - .264 in. ( 6.700 mm)
• .300 Winchester Magnum (1963 ) - .308 in. ( 7.620 mm)
• .458 Winchester Magnum (1956 ) - .458 in. ( 10.600 mm)