Well, if you'd bother to re-check the thread: I am not defensive about the .338, no need to be. It's an inanimate object and a tool. The OP asked, I responded. YOU are the one who turned this into a dick-measuring contest.
But please, continue...
Then you need to do some learning before you continue posting on here. The 338 beats the 300 in exactly ZERO of the criteria put forth in the original post so what's your affinity with the 338 that you would blatantly recommend the wrong caliber to someone looking for an honest answer?
If it's a dick measuring contest then I lose cuz the largest caliber I keep in the safe is a 308 and my match cartridge is a 260. Why don't I own a 300 or 338 at this point? Because the furthest I shoot on a regular basis is 1000 and I STILL don't feel I NEED it despite being a short drive from TVPs mile gong. If I decided I wanted to spend all afternoon shooting at a mile, then I would buy a 300. If, after all that, I felt I needed even
more, then the 338 fills that void. Get what you need and not a bit more because that's how you stay efficient and avoid hundreds of dollars and months of your time correcting flinches and bad habits a hard kicking rifle will force you into.
Way too often I see guys get caught up in the rabble on the boards and feel like they need to keep up so they buy a 338 for no other reason than "it's the best and it's what the best are using." You choose caliber by need, not by what others' are using or what's popular at the moment and poor recommendations like yours are fueling that misinformation. Would you give an overpowered SW500 to your wife just to get a laugh? If you would, then shame on you, but if you wouldn't, then why would you recommend a caliber that could have a similar disdaining impact on another shooter?
It's easy to choose sides when you're not the one that has to deal with the fallout of your bad investment, but it's irresponsible and we have an obligation to our fellow shooters to help them as best we can and saying "if youre gonna be a bear, be a grizzly bear" and "he asked I responded" without any further explanation is ignorant and unless OP comes back and says he wants to shoot 2000+, in this particular case, you're just wrong because no case can be made for the 338 based on his individual requirements. You're right about one thing; the caliber is just a tool, and for MJY65
specifically, the 338 just isn't the right tool for the job on this one. Accept it and move on. I concede the dick measuring contest I didn't even start so you can drop those lame comments while you're at it.