.338's a good round, Although lately I've been questioning its "One Shot" capability. Elk in photo above took 2 SST's at 400 yards and one more at 100 before it would go down. fortunatly it was running towards the farm. Another one I shot took 3 on a dead run at 75 yards and it still went 300-400 yards. Tough anamals. Shot one this season, about 150 yards, good shot, right below the shoulder dumped it hard. a few seconds later, it stood up and dumped again. Gave it a few mins, went over, blood everywhere, no elk. Tracked blood through hellish terrain for 5 hours, finally no more blood, no elk. Only elk I saw this season (that wasn't hanging) I think I'm upgrading to a .458 X 400+gr bullet in either a modern 45-70 or a 458 mag. If I only get one shot in a season I need a little more help.