I just got a Savage 99 in .300 Savage. I was thinking that a 150 grain round nose would be a nice bullet for 200 yards and less deer hunting. Anything I have found is designed for .30-30 velocities. Is there such a thing as a 30 caliber 150 or 165 grain round nose anymore?
When I lived in NH and hunted with a Remington 760 and Savage 99s in 300 Savage, I loaded the 170 grain Remington RNCL 30-30 component bullets. The thought was that they would expand more rapidly at 300 Savage velocities They worked fine, but no better or worse than the 180 grain Federal factory load that I could see. I was mostly still-hunting in dense woods, over-grown dairy pastures, and a few small open dairy pastures, so 100 yards would have been a long shot.
