All hail the 300MTN!

It's a great beginners hunting cartridge, but can be spotty to find ammo for sometimes. It's a classic combo with the Savage 99 lever rifle, they make a great pairing.
It strikes a nice balance of enough power (to use a general term) to do almost anything you'd like without knocking the snot out of you if you don't hold it correctly.
 
BigBraz15 said:
I had plans of building a 250 savage when my boy is of age, but a nice light 300 might be a better all around option.
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Thats a very nice rifle BigBraz, and a classy cartridge. A friend of mine has an older remington chambered in 300 savage, I shot a group with it and was surprised how accurate it was. Easily under an inch at 100 yds. Light recoil as well. I think the 300 would be a perfect cartridge for a young shooter.
 
BigBraz15 said:
I realize this is an old thread, just wondering if the recoil is acceptable for a hunter starting out?

Thanks!
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Sorry about that, missed your post. My girlfriend is pretty recoil shy and she has no problem shooting it. My 130's are at or near max load, to me it feels comparable to shooting a light m99 with factory 180s. Pretty classic entry-level recoil where I am from in BC...
 
This thread again ?? Just when I got over it.

I love that rifle .... you suck, cuz I don't have one. :p
 
wow what a rifle. Definitely some great thought went into this custom build. Good ammo too, from the looks of it
 
Another double shovel monarch falls to the mighty 300 savage. 130ttsx clipped the top of the shoulder blade, crushed the spine and is lying in a perfect mushroom somewhere in the Richardson Mountains. My girlfriend's first kill.
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"LUCKEEEEEE got caribou!" all I've heard all week.....haha. That fat old timer was probably in that basin all summer. Luck is half of it!
 
This thread has convinced me to load up my 308 with 130TTSX and, as luck would have it, I too had some 8208XBR sitting around just waiting to be opened up! I ran a ladder with one of those sample bullet packs. I put 2 sighters (46.5 gr) into the same hole at 3070 fps! Looks like some possible nodes as well at 48.5/49.0 and 50.0/50.5. MV's are stellar! Now, just have to get my mitts on some more 130TTSX bullets.
 
now im convinced it was a girl gun and you just prove it lol ...

again nothing bad to say the right tool for job. still love the stock color.

Eastbranch is tan the name of the color from Mcmillan?

bravo.
 
Ltbull01 said:
This thread has convinced me to load up my 308 with 130TTSX and, as luck would have it, I too had some 8208XBR sitting around just waiting to be opened up! I ran a ladder with one of those sample bullet packs. I put 2 sighters (46.5 gr) into the same hole at 3070 fps! Looks like some possible nodes as well at 48.5/49.0 and 50.0/50.5. MV's are stellar! Now, just have to get my mitts on some more 130TTSX bullets.
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It was John Wooters who wrote years ago that a 130 out of a 308 is not much different than a 130 out of a 270. He stated that there's very little difference in trajectory out to "normal" shooting ranges while hunting even given the difference in BC's. John was a big fan of the 308 Win cartridge.
 
Rembo said:
It was John Wooters who wrote years ago that a 130 out of a 308 is not much different than a 130 out of a 270. He stated that there's very little difference in trajectory out to "normal" shooting ranges while hunting even given the difference in BC's. John was a big fan of the 308 Win cartridge.
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So I've settled on 47.4gr 8208 at 3100 fps. Sub-moa. Gives me 2000 fps (min effective velocity for TTSX) out to 520 yds. Very consistent MV, with a 10 fps spread.
 
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