Originally Posted By: chasbo
I took my Model 86 .33 ca. to Cabala's a couple of years ago. What a bunch of goofs. "Oh no .33 , they didn't make one of those. Must have been altered"


Ah, the .33 WCF the original .338 Magnum circa 1903. Pushes a 200 grain soft point bullet @ 2200 fps, good elk medince in the timber IMHO.

Some info from the November - December 2000 issue Rifle magizine.


"With the exception of the .33 WCF, all the cartridges chambered in the 1886 were designed for blackpowder with a peak operating pressure of around 28,000 psi. The .33 WCF was a smokeless cartridge from the get-go that developed upwards of 40,000 psi in the relatively new nickel-steel barrels."



c/22



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