On (09 Apr 98) Earnest Padgette wrote to Frank Jones...
 EP> FJ>On (29 Mar 98) Earnest Padgette wrote to All...
FJ> EP>         Does anyone have personal data about this round? I'd like to
FJ> EP> get some personal observations about velocity with various bullet
FJ> EP> weights in the 225-250gr range. I'm considering building a rifle,
FJ> EP> based on a '98
FJ> EP> Mauser action. Thanks; Ernie P.
 EP> FJ>It ought to be a whale of a round.  A shooting buddy has a .333 OKH
 EP> FJ>(the initials of the guys who designed it, Keith was one of them,
 EP> and, FJ>I may have gotten the "O" wrong... it's been 20 years, heh,..
 EP> Oh well) FJ>which is 30-06 opened up for the bigger bullet.  We were
 EP> amazed when FJ>chronographing it to find that it approached magnum
 EP> ballistics.  On
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 EP>         The book says the .333 OKH was really the father of the
 EP> .338-06.         They started opening them up to .338 because the
 EP> selection of
 EP>         bullets was better after Winchester brought out the .338
 EP> Magnum.         The ballistics are almost identical. EP
Amen to that!  Hugh got .333 bullets made for him from Barnes, but it
took a long time to get them so another of our bunch, a machinist,
made a swage to reduce .338 bullet down to .333.  We used an arbor
press at first, but found out that a RCBS rockchucker had enough
mechanical advantage at the end of the stroke to nibble away and push
the bullet through.  These swaged-down bullets were surprisingly
accurate for having undergone such a messy procedure.  We all agreed
that a .338-06 would be the way to go if you were starting from
scratch, but Hugh already had the .333-06 picked up in a trade and it
was sort of a challenge to make good with it... and he
certainly did!
 EP> FJ>I'd imagine that the Ackley has been blown out and the shoulder
 EP> FJ>advanced to give a bigger boiler room.  The .333 OKH had
 EP> essentially FJ>the same case volume as the 30-06.  That increase ought
 EP> to give you a FJ>SUPERB round.
 EP>         I'm thinking about doing it. I have lots of surplus 30-06
 EP> cases;         and some spare '98 actions already in 30-06. So, it
 EP> seems like a         natural. Ernie P.
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Ernie, keep us posted on how this turns out. You ought to really have
an excellent piece for dropping the big beasts...  Good Luck!
73 FrankO
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