In my experience the .300 Savage (like the .308) works well with just about any powder in the 4895 burn-rate range. Have used both 4895s with typical deer-weight bullets, along with RL-15 and TAC--which also worked great with 125-grain Ballistic Tips, at right around 3000 fps.


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