IMO Remington did their typical foot shot by stopping loading the round nose 180 grain Core-Lokt for the .300 Savage. It is still offered in the .308 and .30-06 and is/was the preferred whitetail bullet of lots of Midwest deer camps. I still have 5 of those left for my Savage and the last deer that I shot with that cartridge and bullet fell over like a bunny rabbit. I suppose with that shorter .300 Savage neck, holding a 150 grain bullet is easier, but lots of us never had a problem with those Remington 180's and Federal still loads a 180 for that round. 150's don't always give complete penetration on a deer, but we have yet to stop one of those 180's in any deer or pig in my case and always left a great blood trail if the animal ran. No small thing in our crowded WI. deer woods.
