The .338 Federal is a
rifle
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cartridge based on the
.308 Winchester case necked up to .33
caliber
In guns, particularly firearms, but not #As a measurement of length, artillery, where a different definition may apply, caliber (or calibre; sometimes abbreviated as "cal") is the specified nominal internal diameter of the gun barrel Gauge ( ...
. It was created by
Federal Cartridge
Federal Premium Ammunition is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Czechoslovak Group, located in Anoka, Minnesota. With a workforce of nearly 1,500, Federal manufactures shotshell, centerfire, and rimfire ammunition and components.
History
The ...
and
Sako
Sako Limited (natively ) is a Finnish firearm and ammunition manufacturer located in Riihimäki, Tavastia Proper in southern Finland. It also has owned the Tikka brand of bolt-action rifles since 1983, and is now owned by the Italian firear ...
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, pp.75,104] .338 Federal can use
SR-25 pattern magazine
An SR-25, AR-10 or LR-308 pattern magazine is a type of detachable firearm magazine based on the original Armalite AR-10 "waffle" magazine design introduced in the late 1950s, used for .308 Winchester and 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges.
The design ha ...
s but requires to further modification
Comparison
The .338 Federal was designed by Federal Ammunition and it is a
SAAMI
The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI, pronounced "Sammy") is an association of American manufacturers of firearms, ammunition, and components. SAAMI is an accredited standards developer that publishes several A ...
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.
See also
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.338 Lapua Magnum
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.338 Marlin Express
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.338 Ruger Compact Magnum
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.338 Remington Ultra Magnum
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.338 Winchester Magnum
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8 mm caliber
This is a list of firearm cartridges which have bullets in the caliber range.
*''Length'' refers to the empty cartridge case
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List of rifle cartridges
List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, Caliber, calibre and name.
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Table of handgun and rifle cartridges
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sectional density
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Notes
References
External links
* Peterson's ''Rifle Shooter'' magazine reviewed the .338 Federal in a Kimber 84M i
"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
* Sheriff Jim Wilson of ''Shooting Times'' magazine reviewed the .338 Federal in a Sako rifle and tells of his experience hunting whitetail deer with the
"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 dee
* Buck Pope of ''GunWeek'' reviewed the .338 Federal in a Ruger Model 77 Mark II Frontier i
* Jeff Quinn of ''GunBlast.com'' reviewed the ArmaLite AR-10T in .338 Federal i
(14 Aug 2008).
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