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Revision as of 04:03, 25 March 2015
.338 Federal | ||||||||||||||||
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Type | Rifle | |||||||||||||||
Place of origin | USA | |||||||||||||||
Production history | ||||||||||||||||
Designer | Federal Cartridge / Sako | |||||||||||||||
Manufacturer | Federal Cartridge | |||||||||||||||
Produced | 2006 | |||||||||||||||
Specifications | ||||||||||||||||
Parent case | .308 Winchester | |||||||||||||||
Case type | Rimless, bottleneck | |||||||||||||||
Bullet diameter | .338 in (8.6 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Neck diameter | .369 in (9.4 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Shoulder diameter | .454 in (11.5 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Base diameter | .470 in (11.9 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Rim diameter | .473 in (12.0 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Rim thickness | .049 in (1.2 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Case length | 2.01 in (51 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Overall length | 2.75 in (70 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Primer type | Large rifle | |||||||||||||||
Maximum pressure | 62,000 psi | |||||||||||||||
Ballistic performance | ||||||||||||||||
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Test barrel length: 24" Pac-Nor Source(s): Nosler Load Data,[1] Hodgedon Reloading Data Center[2] |
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.[3]
Comparison
In terms of performance, the .338 Federal compares favorably with cartridges that have similar capacities and purposes. Also included in the table below is the older .358 Winchester, another cartridge based on the .308.
Cartridge | Bullet Weight | Muzzle velocity | Muzzle energy | Load[a] | Recoil in 8 lb (3.6 kg) rifle | |||||
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gr | g | ft/s | m/s | ft·lbf | J | gr | g | ft·lbf | J | |
.338 Federal | 210 | 14 | 2,450 | 750 | 2,800 | 3,800 | 47 | 3.0 | 19.55 | 26.51 |
.338 Federal | 180 | 12 | 2,680 | 820 | 2,871 | 3,893 | 47 | 3.0 | 17.80 | 24.13 |
7mm Rem Mag | 175 | 11.3 | 2,860 | 870 | 3,178 | 4,309 | 63 | 4.1 | 22.44 | 30.42 |
.300 Win Mag | 180 | 12 | 2,960 | 900 | 3,502 | 4,748 | 73 | 4.7 | 27.12 | 36.77 |
.30-06 | 180 | 12 | 2,750 | 840 | 3,022 | 4,097 | 56 | 3.6 | 20.48 | 27.77 |
.308 Win | 180 | 12 | 2,600 | 790 | 2,703 | 3,665 | 45 | 2.9 | 16.02 | 21.72 |
.358 Win | 200 | 13 | 2,490 | 760 | 2,753 | 3,733 | 49 | 3.2 | 19.08 | 25.87 |
Rifles
Sako,[4] Kimber Manufacturing,[5] Tikka, and Ruger[6] offered bolt action rifles. ArmaLite,[7] JP Enterprises,[8] LMT and DPMS Panther Arms[9] offered semi-automatic rifles in .338 Federal as of November 2008.
See also
- .338 Lapua Magnum
- .338 Marlin express
- .338 Remington Ultra Magnum
- .338 Winchester Magnum
- 8 mm caliber
- List of rifle cartridges
- Table of handgun and rifle cartridges
- sectional density
References
- ^ http://www.nosler.com/nosler-load-data/338-federal/
- ^ "Take Aim at Rifle Reloading Data | Hodgdon Reloading". Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
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suggested) (help) - ^ Cartridges of the World 11th Edition, Book by Frank C. Barnes, Edited by Stan Skinner, Gun Digest Books, 2006, ISBN 0-89689-297-2 pp.75,104
- ^ Sako 85 website, retrieved 26 Feb 2010
- ^ Kimber 84M webpage, retrieved 17 Nov 2008
- ^ Ruger website, retrieved 17 Nov 2008
- ^ ArmaLite website, retrieved 21 Feb 2009
- ^ [1], retrieved 9 Dec 2012
- ^ Panther LR-338L, retrieved 17 Nov 2008
Notes
- ^[a] Load values specify typical powder weight for this level of performance.
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" (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).