.338 win reduce loads

[JohnfromPA]

I just ordered a Montana Rifles x2 in .338 win for a planned Alaska bear hunt in 2017. This will be by far the most expensive hunt I've ever been on and I don't want to screw it up by being unfamiliar with the rifle. The plan is to use it this year for whitetail in PA and WV, black bear in PA, and maybe hogs or coyotes. Does anybody have a good recipe for a load that would be similar to .338 Fed performance. I don't need to be slinging 250 gr A-frames at coyotes and deer. Thanks!

 

[oldscot3]

I like 200 gr. Speers with the starting dose of RL19. It's about like shooting an 8mm mauser insofar as recoil is concerned and it gives me pretty good accuracy. I used it to shoot a whitetail doe this season and it performed quite well.

 

[JohnfromPA]

Thanks