300 sav

Rembo said:
years back I had a 300 Savage in a Rem 760 from the 50's...it was a pretty good shooter, can't remember if I ever chronyed it though....nothing wrong with the cartridge that's for sure..Thompson Center decided to split the difference between the 300 Sav and the 308 with the 30TC...can't figure out the reason for that move...
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Yup But TC and Horn Rate the 30 TC a BIT better then the 308 WIN ! :p LOL RJ
 
back to the 300 savage: i used 150 and 180 grains from remington factory ammo and it worked good on barrend ground caribous and black bear.
i had some 165 grains nosler parition ready for it and we ll see how it goes one day ...
 
My 1st. ; Deer , Bear , & Moose where with a .330 Sav. in a 99 Sav.- EG , made in 1952. Now my daughter uses it. She has killed 3 deer in 4 years.
 
Has anyone tried 125-130 grn. bullets in their 300 sav.? I am waiting for the rifle to get here and thought I would load up some light bullets for S&G
 
pounder said:
Has anyone tried 125-130 grn. bullets in their 300 sav.? I am waiting for the rifle to get here and thought I would load up some light bullets for S&G
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The 130ttsx is definitely the best bullet for this calibre. Improves effective range easily to +/-400 yards (+3.5 @ 100m = 250m zero = -12 at 350m .... 130ttsx @2950). I have used it on everything (except elk and bears) with near-zero meat damage and nearly all dead-right-there kills, I have never had to blood trail anything using this calibre/bullet combo. 25 kills and counting with the 300 savage since 2009, 18 of them with 130ttsx. Largest was a 48" yukon/alaska bull moose at 175 yards, fully penetrated neck and spine, (had already been hit). Longest shot has been 220m on a mtn goat, dropped in its tracks. Recovered bullet was perfect.
 
EastBranch said:
The 130ttsx is definitely the best bullet for this calibre. Improves effective range easily to +/-400 yards (+3.5 @ 100m = 250m zero = -12 at 350m .... 130ttsx @2950). I have used it on everything (except elk and bears) with near-zero meat damage and nearly all dead-right-there kills, I have never had to blood trail anything using this calibre/bullet combo. 25 kills and counting with the 300 savage since 2009, 18 of them with 130ttsx. Largest was a 48" yukon/alaska bull moose at 175 yards, fully penetrated neck and spine, (had already been hit). Longest shot has been 220m on a mtn goat, dropped in its tracks. Recovered bullet was perfect.
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You'd not likely be able to use the 130 ttsx in a savage 99 due to mag length. You could probably seat it to fit but you'd eat up too much case capacity imo.
 
Gatehouse said:
Before going with the .308 (or 7.62x51) The US military looked at the .300 Sav but rejected it for some reason. I tend to think of it as about the same as a .308, which isn't a bad place to be.
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I think they rejected it because someone felt they had to spend money studying the 'problem'. Just like they rejected the .222 Magnum... spend the money...

The .300 Savage is a great old caliber.
 
Bushbasher said:
I’m running 150 grain speed and Hornady for deer and I did a batch of 150 xbullets designed for the 30/30 in case I see a moose
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I have used the 110 gr. Hornady # 3010 bullet for groundhogs in my 99 Sav. EG , with better accuracy than 180 gr. deer bullets.
 
pounder said:
Thanks for that EB. I don't think I will be shooting at that range but nice to know if I do my part the bullet will do the rest.
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Yeah I am not planning to either. I can smack a 12" gong pretty reliably at 350m (380 yards) but I dont think I would launch one at game at that distance unless I had already hit something and it was leaving the territory (put a stone sheep in front of me at 340 and watch me make myself a liar). FWIW, the bullet recovered from the goat (220) broke off three petals so to me that implies plenty of energy on a near passthru including both shoulders.....some guys would complain about the broken off petals but the goat died where I shot it. I wasnt expecting to see that at that range. Mostly because I've only recovered two other bullets, one that also went through both shoulders of a very robust bull caribou and blew off two petals....but the range was around 80 yards. The other was the big bull moose and was a textbook barnes after penetrating ~16" of neck meat and vertebrae from ~150 yards. So, even when encountering heavy bone they have all made it to at least the offside hide. Long story short I personally wouldnt be really worried about performance at ranges over 300, based on what I have seen so far. Guess I should stop sneaking up so close if I really want to know for sure :nest:
 
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