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Norma Oryx .338 Winchester Magnum 230gr

  • 20185112

  • Caliber

    338 Win. Mag.

  • Weight

    14.9g/230gr

  • Ballistic coefficient

    G1

    0.37

  • mrdImp

    186

*This product data is zeroed with a 26 inch barrel

Range
Wound Channel
Penetration
Stopping power

Intended for Hunting

Velocity

  • V0 2755 f/s

  • V200 2284 f/s

  • V300 2067 f/s

Energy

  • E0 3877 ft.-lb

  • E50 3227 ft.-lb

  • E100 2665 ft.-lb

  • E200 2182 ft.-lb

Wind

  • 100yds 0.45 in

  • 200yds 1.89 in

  • 300yds 4.46 in

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338 Win. Mag.

Two years after the introduction of the short .458 Win. Mag, two cartridges with unusual bullet diameters were marketed by Winchester. Quite unusually they were both named using their true bullet diameters. After a good start the .264 Winchester Magnum turned out not entirely to be what it was supposed to and it quickly began to fade away. But its big brother hit it big. The .338 Winchester Magnum is one of the most popular magnum cartridges for large American game. Not surprisingly, as it uses heavy bullets with a moderate velocity resulting in a well-controlled expansion and a very good penetration - the time proven recipe of an efficient killer. Maybe even more important the moderate velocity makes the recoil tolerable to most hunters. The trajectory is slightly higher when compared to the faster big bore magnums, but under actual hunting conditions this is rarely the decisive factor for success. Due to the ratio between the case capacity and the bullet diameter of the .338 it is not a true magnum in the sense that it will not be at its best with the slowest burning powders. It remains, however, a very good cartridge for all-round big game hunting all over the world from deer to the largest antelope.

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Norma Oryx

Oryx means good accuracy, massive mushrooming and high residual weight. This bonded design suits the all-round hunter who wishes to simplify the choice of cartridge for hunting. Oryx is available in most calibres from 222 Remington to 375 H&H Magnum. Thanks to its excellent performance, in a very few years Oryx has become the most popular of the Norma bullets.

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Zero range, yards

Height of trajectory above line of sight if sighted in a X yards. For sights 40mm above bore

25yds 50yds 75yds 100yds 150yds 200yds 300yds
50 0 0 0.3 -0.9 -3.5 -14
100 - -0.1 - -1.3 -4 -14.7
150 - 0.3 - 0.8 -2.4 -12.2
200 - 0.9 - 2 1.8 -8.7