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Yup Jerry hit the range today snows about gone, made it to 67 today! T performed Great, only shot at 50 yrds s had a strong cross wind, Ill tell ya buddie the 180s did group a bit better, maybe cuz they make bigger holes  also shot my 22hp, was doing pretty good at 50 yrds with it! alsp played with a marlin 32-20 a bit! was good to do some shooting! 
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I wish somebody (Federal, Winchester, Remington) would make a 165-grain factory load in the .300 Savage, but I guess the major manufacturers pretty much view it as a nearly-dead cartridge.
They've been dropping loads instead of adding them.
I think that weight would be the best of both worlds in the old .300 for both deer and the larger big game animals.
Keep your gun-hand ready and your eyes peeled.
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A long time ago I loaded Speer 165 Spitzers in .300 and they worked just fine. Sorry I can't post the load just know as it's buried under 35 years of notebooks out in the gun room.
Go tell the Spartans,Travelers passing by,That here,Obedient to their laws we lie.
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Sierra Game Kings 165 37 grains H-4895. COAL 2.6 Federal primers.Gonna do the same for the Speer bullets today.
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My EG with a 24" barrel loves 180gr bullets, killed a lot of deer with that sucker. I would prefer 150gr or 165gr, but why fight the gun? Be different if I was hunting open range, but with my shots at 150 yards or less it don't matter. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.savagefest.net/my_99s/2006_Hunt/99EG_300Sav_5x5a.JPG) Rory, thanks for sharing that pic, doesn't get any better than that
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I've never reloaded either the 165 grain or the 180 grain bullets for my .300 Savage since I only hunted deer with my Model 99 (EG). However, if I were going for black bear, I'd use the 165 grain Nosler Partition Bullet since they seem to be the best-of-both-worlds velocity-wise for the 180 grainers & greater bullet weight for greater penetration using the 165 grain bullets rather than the 150 grainers. To me, the 180 grain bullets, which extend down into the .300 cartridge's powder chamber a bit too far, tend to limit the amount of powder that can be used in the kinda "smallish" .300 Savage cartridge case. Then, too... in general, the heavier-for-caliber-bullets tend to have thicker jackets and tend to not expand as quickly or as much as the lighter-weight bullets because they are designed for greater penetration than the lighter-weight bullets. For elk or larger... or for dangerous game (Brown Bear or Polar Bear), I'd prefer to use my custom pre-'64 Model 70 with the 26-inch barrel in .338 Win. Magnum with hand-loaded 225 or 250 grain Nosler Partitions which has proven deadly on large Canadian moose for me. Of course, the .300 Savage cartridge is capable of taking elk or even moose, but the hunter should limit the range to the game animal and use heavier bullets moreso than with deer. Jus' my 2� worth... Strength & Honor... Ron T.
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I've never reloaded either the 165 grain or the 180 grain bullets for my .300 Savage since I only hunted deer with my Model 99 (EG). However, if I were going for black bear, I'd use the 165 grain Nosler Partition Bullet since they seem to be the best-of-both-worlds velocity-wise for the 180 grainers & greater bullet weight for greater penetration using the 165 grain bullets rather than the 150 grainers. To me, the 180 grain bullets, which extend down into the .300 cartridge's powder chamber a bit too far, tend to limit the amount of powder that can be used in the kinda "smallish" .300 Savage cartridge case. Then, too... in general, the heavier-for-caliber-bullets tend to have thicker jackets and tend to not expand as quickly or as much as the lighter-weight bullets because they are designed for greater penetration than the lighter-weight bullets. For elk or larger... or for dangerous game (Brown Bear or Polar Bear), I'd prefer to use my custom pre-'64 Model 70 with the 26-inch barrel in .338 Win. Magnum with hand-loaded 225 or 250 grain Nosler Partitions which has proven deadly on large Canadian moose for me. Of course, the .300 Savage cartridge is capable of taking elk or even moose, but the hunter should limit the range to the game animal and use heavier bullets moreso than with deer. Jus' my 2� worth... Strength & Honor... Ron T. Pretty much the same conclusions at which I've arrived. When I hunted elk, I used a .338 Win Mag with Nosler Partitions, mostly 250s. I just built a .300 Savage on a Model 70 stainless short action and I'm anxious to see what it will do to deer.
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If you do your part it will kill them DRT. Been there, done that.
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