.277 and/or .338 Bullet Recommendations

[CJ_BG]

Basically the title. There's a lot of discussion on "the" 223, 6mm, and 6.5mm hunting bullet, but not much on either of these. I'm assuming a lot of people are going to default to the 145, 230, and 270 eld-x, which I get, but what else is out there that's good? Maybe it's just my desire to be different but the eld-x doesn't really draw my attention that much.

 

[HandgunHTR]

Can't comment on the .277, but for the 338, the 250 grain Lapua Scenar or the 250 grain Berger Elite Hunters are both good options.

 

[wanderingwolf24]

I shot the 145 eld-x out of my .270 Tikka for a while. I made the switch to the 140 gr. vld and haven't looked back.

 

[rifletuner]

I think with the 338s, it depends on case capacity. For something in the 338 Lap / 338 Edge cartridges, the 250gn Berger Elite hunter is a good option. For the bigger capacity cases, the 300gn Berger Elite hunter or 285gn ELD-M are good options.

In the 270, I have loaded up the 150gn Accubond in my sons 270WSM, and the 170gh Elite Hunter in my WSM, but these are new builds for us and neither of us have shot anything with these yet.