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I agree that 44 grains of Re15 with the 165 sounds a little tto hot for my liking.

I do put 42 grains under the 150 corelokts. Very accurate and runs about 2560 fps.

I'm starting to load up for my 1922 99G that I've had for 20 years and never used. I got the lightfood scope adaptor for it and a couple 3-9 40 scopes to try on it. I've tried the Rem 180 round nose factory loads and loaded up some 110gr old Speer spitzer bullets I had. Got 2700fps with 42gr IMR4895. I just got some 125gr Speer TNT I'm going to try with the same 42gr. They have a nice ogive to them. Be mostly for the few coyotes that come around here and maybe for head shots on white tails if I see them in the pasture or woods behind the house. I've used IMR4895 for years in my M1A1 in competition with 41.5gr and a 168 Sierra Matchking. I don't see why it wouldn't work, but I've got several other powders too. I also got some 125 Sierra ProHunter bullets and they look a lot like the old Speer 110gr spitzers, real short ogive and not much of a BC. Not sure I'll be using them.

Try canning with some 150-grainers and let the 300 shine. Also get yourself a copy of Water’s book, “Pet Loads.” There’s a lot of good information and reading between the covers of that book.

It looks like the fps on the 125 vs the 150 is not that great so maybe it would be better to go with a better BC and heavier bullet. I was actually looking for something like the TNT though, if it shoots good enough.

Have fun and play the field but I think the 300 was basically built around the 150. So it’s kind of like looking for a 125-grain load that works great in the 30-06. There are loads out there but the round was made for heavier pills. Have fun.

Yeah, I've tried lighter bullets than 165 in 308 and 30-06 and they usually don't perform very good, accuracy wise. there's always hope. We'll see how this 99G does. At any rate, I'm enjoying it. I've got my Olight X7 flashlight I can put on the deck and watch out over about 400 yds of pasture and 200ft lower down to a stream. As soon as it warms up a bit I'll get the coyote caller out. I usually see 6-8 white tail about 9pm or so. Their beady little eyes really shine back. The coyotes I hear often if the windows are open, not often in the pasture. No season on them here, actually the local fox hunting club has a bounty. I shot at them with my 22 one night because that was all I had at the time. That's one reason I put this 99 into service. It was the only thing I had to put a scope on.