Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors 220gr in 300 Savage ??

I like it the other way and load some 125 grain loads for the kids to shoot.

I got decent accuracy with those 220gr. lead bullets at 1900fps. I was looking for mild practice ammo solutions in the .300, and I had a bunch of those bullets gathering dust from back in my Krag days. Also, because I was single loading them I was able to increase the OAL slightly beyond what would work in a 99 magazine. I didn't save the targets or make a note in my log, but I recall accuracy of around an inch or a bit more at 50 yds. with the M1920/iron sights. I settled on a 311466 Loverin-style 150gr. over 15gr. SR-4759 for about 1600fps.

I am going to try 220 Gr in my 30-30. it is a 219 single shot I beleive it would be a good close-up bone crusher.. what do you all think about it?

What's the big deal? If a guy wants to shoot heavy bullets using published data why such a ruckus.

I am more and more convinced heavy bullets at slower speeds are a sensible option. Unless your a Canadian Army Sniper the effective range is limited adding greatly to the sport of hunting and the safety of sending rainbow trajectory bullets downrange. This year some idiot shot a woman in her kitchen in Alberta! Whats wrong with a bullet that is in the dirt by 200-250 yards rather than 400-500 in farming country?

It is interesting that levergunners are shooting heavier and heavier big bore bullets for good reason.

heaver the bullet more recoil pad i need for my old shoulder

I tried again yesterday to fire another sample of 220 gr. bullets (cast) out of the .300. Upped velocity a bit, and accuracy went to hell. The 190's (cast) did well. That short neck is definitely the bug-a-bear in trying to make them work. Half of the bullet sticks down in the case, exposing the grease to the powder. It's obvious to me that Savage made that bugger so short so as to work in existing 99 actions. Another 1/4" of neck, and the chance to seat the bullets out "normally" would be nice. Lyman made a 180 gr. mould specifically for the .300 but I never stumbled onto one.

I shoot 220's (again, cast) quite often in .30/30's (and other .30's) and get very tasty accuracy with a multiple of loads. Velocity is pretty low, comparatively speaking, at about 1700fps pushing them rather hard. A dead soft 220 cast bullet at that velocity would make a pretty stout deer killer, but I have my doubts as to how much a jacketed 220 at those speeds would expand, especially when it got out a ways.

Big bullets moving slow. Hard to beat. Unless you are shooting long distances and need flat trajectory, I see nothing but hype. In my part of the country an average shot on deer is around 50 yards (and many are killed at less than 50 yards). I really have to laugh at the .300 Ultramag crowd up here.