300 savage
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I used 165 nosler accubonds in front of 39.5 gr of IMR 4064.
Never hit a deer this year with that gun but got great groups at the range out of my little 99E. I wouldn't hesitate a shot up to 225 yards with a solid rest (for me anyways).
I did use 150 gr Nosler accubonds last year and had good luck on an eastern ontario buck. complete pass through and blew the heart up when going through. looked like hamburger.
Probably don't need the premier bullets but I feel more confident with them.
Like most have said , same league as the .308 win
I do not think you can put the .300 savage in with the 30-30 league
Just my oppinion!
Never hit a deer this year with that gun but got great groups at the range out of my little 99E. I wouldn't hesitate a shot up to 225 yards with a solid rest (for me anyways).
I did use 150 gr Nosler accubonds last year and had good luck on an eastern ontario buck. complete pass through and blew the heart up when going through. looked like hamburger.
Probably don't need the premier bullets but I feel more confident with them.
Like most have said , same league as the .308 win
I do not think you can put the .300 savage in with the 30-30 league
Just my oppinion!
For sure
I have heard alot of people who do, I think it is because the rifles are similar, short levers, so they assume the ballistics are similar too.
Different times!
These endless threads on what calibre will do for this, and that one is no good and that one will do, up to 186 yards, is so much different than things were when I was a kid, growing up in the boondocks in the heart of the depression.
At that time every homesteader had a rifle with which to get food for his family. And the family required food twelve months of the year! They usually had the rifle they brought with them and regardless of the calibre, shot big game with it. A neighbor shot moose and elk with his 32-40, another killed moose, elk and deer, called jumpers, with his 250-3000 Savage. A trapper shot moose with his 32-20, but said a 25-20 was too light for moose! However, another homesteader shot deer with his 25-20, while another used a 30 Remington, and another a 38-40. Of course, the 30-30 was the single most popular calibre, while some had such power houses as the 303 British, 300 Savage, 33 Winchester, 43 Mauser and 45-90. One fellow claimed his 38-56 was superior to the 38-55, but both were excellent moose rifles. One thing all these rifles had in common, was they all killed big game!
A homesteader I knew very well was hauling home a load of hay in the winter, from a stack in a distant field. He had the hay loaded on the rack on his sleigh, got on it to go and noticed a moose in the brush at the end of the field. He had his trusty, long barreled Win 32 Special with him. He said he knew the distance to the end of the field was 320 yards. He lay in the hay, elevated the rifle to what he calculated it would take, fired, and first shot killed the moose! Don't try to tell him the 30-30 class of rifles was only good to 100 yards.
These endless threads on what calibre will do for this, and that one is no good and that one will do, up to 186 yards, is so much different than things were when I was a kid, growing up in the boondocks in the heart of the depression.
At that time every homesteader had a rifle with which to get food for his family. And the family required food twelve months of the year! They usually had the rifle they brought with them and regardless of the calibre, shot big game with it. A neighbor shot moose and elk with his 32-40, another killed moose, elk and deer, called jumpers, with his 250-3000 Savage. A trapper shot moose with his 32-20, but said a 25-20 was too light for moose! However, another homesteader shot deer with his 25-20, while another used a 30 Remington, and another a 38-40. Of course, the 30-30 was the single most popular calibre, while some had such power houses as the 303 British, 300 Savage, 33 Winchester, 43 Mauser and 45-90. One fellow claimed his 38-56 was superior to the 38-55, but both were excellent moose rifles. One thing all these rifles had in common, was they all killed big game!
A homesteader I knew very well was hauling home a load of hay in the winter, from a stack in a distant field. He had the hay loaded on the rack on his sleigh, got on it to go and noticed a moose in the brush at the end of the field. He had his trusty, long barreled Win 32 Special with him. He said he knew the distance to the end of the field was 320 yards. He lay in the hay, elevated the rifle to what he calculated it would take, fired, and first shot killed the moose! Don't try to tell him the 30-30 class of rifles was only good to 100 yards.
i think my 300 savage query is more related to my desire to piss around with those that are less than conventional. Yeah, i can get her a 308, but that is just slightly more exciting than the .30-06. The 300 savage is just an idea bouncing around up there with 6.5-06, 7x57 and other slightly less mainstream to wildcat rounds that i have in mind. Keep it coming guys.
Then, get her a nice Mauser 7X57 and forget about it. She will probably outshoot 90% of the guys in camp, and will kill game just as dead as the 300 and 338 mags of the guys who do connect.
Ted
