I have aquired a very nice Savage 99F from a family member, The barrel is in VG condition and does not appear to have fired many rounds, in fact it has not had 20 rounds through it in the last 20 years. here is my concern, I'm working up a light load using 130gr Barnes and IMR 3031 for my 12 year old son for deer. I am noticing after firing the primers are backing out about .004" and it does not group very well with any thing I have tried. Never seen this before and am wondering whats up.
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- Thread starter darrell1
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Unles sit does that with full powere loads, it's becuase there isn't enough pressure to expand the case much and have it stick tot he chamber walls, so the primers have room to move.
Probably the cause of accuracy issues, too.
Try using the Hodgdon 60% rule for H4895, it alwys seems to work for me with ligth loads.
Probably the cause of accuracy issues, too.
Try using the Hodgdon 60% rule for H4895, it alwys seems to work for me with ligth loads.
You may have toincrease the load a bit at a time (staying under max of course) t find the sweet spot. It is not unusual for the primer to back out with a light load. Sometimes the accuracy is better by sticking to the 150 grain bullet weight and using light loads. Lighter than normal loads sometimes work better with a plain base fairly blunt bullet such as the speer spitzer or sierra pro hunters--these are both fairly "soft" bullets and should work well at lower velocity range.
FWIW, 44Bore
FWIW, 44Bore
If you are using once fired cases (from that gun) you are over-working them. Try only sizing them until the action just closes with a tiny bit of resistance at the lock-up.
That prevents your firing pin from driving them forward into the chamber before causing the shell to fire.
That prevents your firing pin from driving them forward into the chamber before causing the shell to fire.
I loaded some 150gr mag tips using hornady load data 2500ft/sec, adjusted my die as recommended and the primer problem seems alot better and the groups tightened up to around 1.5". I think I may try some 130gr. soft points and see if it still is OK. thanks for the advice.
