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.
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| - 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.
- The .338 Federal is a full power rifle cartridge. It uses the .308 Winchester as a parent cartridge; the .308 case is necked up to accept .33 caliber bullets. It was created by the American company Federal Cartridge, in conjunction with the company Sako.
- |- ! colspan="3" style="background: lightsteelblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | .338 Federal |- |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Type | colspan="2" | Rifle |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Place of origin | colspan="2" | USA |- |- |- |- |- ! colspan="3" style="background: lightsteelblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | Production history |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Designer | colspan="2" | Federal Cartridge / Sako |- |- |- ! colspan="3" style="background: lightsteelblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | Specifications mm ) mm ) mm ) mm ) mm ) mm ) mm ) mm ) |- |-
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| - 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.
- The .338 Federal is a full power rifle cartridge. It uses the .308 Winchester as a parent cartridge; the .308 case is necked up to accept .33 caliber bullets. It was created by the American company Federal Cartridge, in conjunction with the company Sako.
- |- ! colspan="3" style="background: lightsteelblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | .338 Federal |- |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Type | colspan="2" | Rifle |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Place of origin | colspan="2" | USA |- |- |- |- |- ! colspan="3" style="background: lightsteelblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | Production history |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Designer | colspan="2" | Federal Cartridge / Sako |- |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Manufacturer | colspan="2" | Federal Cartridge |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Produced | colspan="2" | 2006 |- |- |- ! colspan="3" style="background: lightsteelblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | Specifications |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Parent case | colspan="2" | .308 Winchester |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Case type | colspan="2" | Rimless, bottleneck |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Bullet diameter | colspan="2" | in (mm ) |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Neck diameter | colspan="2" | in (mm ) |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Shoulder diameter | colspan="2" | in (mm ) |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Base diameter | colspan="2" | in (mm ) |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Rim diameter | colspan="2" | in (mm ) |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Rim thickness | colspan="2" | in (mm ) |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Case length | colspan="2" | in (mm ) |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Overall length | colspan="2" | in (mm ) |- |- |- ! style="padding-right: 1em;" | Primer type | colspan="2" | Large rifle |- |- |- |- |- |- |- ! colspan="3" style="background: lightsteelblue; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | Ballistic performance |- style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; background: #DEDEDE;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" ! Bullet weight/type ! Velocity ! Energy |- style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;" | style="vertical-align:middle; border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; " | gr (g) Accubond||style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; "| ft/s (m/s) ||style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; "| ft·lbf (J) |- style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;" | style="vertical-align:middle; border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; " | gr (g) TSX||style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; "| ft/s (m/s) ||style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; "| ft·lbf (J) |- style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;" | style="vertical-align:middle; border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; " | gr (g) Nos Part||style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; "| ft/s (m/s) ||style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; "| ft·lbf (J) |- style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;" |- style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;" |- | colspan="3" style="text-align: center; padding-top: 5px; font-size: 90%;" | Source: Cartridges of the World |} The .338 Federal is a rifle cartridge designed by Federal Cartridge and Sako that provides similar energy to a 7 mm Remington Magnum in a necked-up .308 case. The idea was to create a big game caliber with reasonable recoil for lightweight rifles.
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