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If you have a Lee Loader, stick with the powders listed on the chart until you get a scale. W760 isn't "bad", it's just not the hottest load around for the 300 Savage. If you already have W760, go ahead and try it. It'll work fine. I kill bucks every year with a mild load in the 300 Savage. I'm only shooting up to 150 yards, so it doesn't take much. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.savagefest.net/my_99s/2012_Hunt/Buck2_Curvy.JPG)
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here we go: ![[Linked Image]](http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i258/n8dawg6/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsc1459591.jpg) OAL on these is 2.73". you could do a 165 SGK a little shorter. That is a cool looking load. I shoot Sierra Matchkings in my Garand.
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That is a cool looking load. I shoot Sierra Matchkings in my Garand. I laid in a little supply of them during the late reloading component shortage unpleasantness. flinging them out of a couple .308 win's and the .300 sav, they make nice groups. planning to give them a whirl in the .300 win mag if I can replenish my supply of H4350.
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You got a fair price on the bullets, but I don't think much of W760 in that cartridge. You'd be better off springing for a basic scale and using RL15, 4895, 4064, 3031 or similar. I found some Winchester primers and the W760 at Cabelas today. Being new to reloading, is there a particular reason the W760 is bad? Or are there just better powders out there? Also, would anyone with a reloading manual be able to perhaps email me scanned images of the .300 Savage section so I can see what other loads might be worked up should I invest in a scale? This web page should give you some good information on different loads for the 300 Savage. Hope it is of some help to you.
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Seems to me that this is one of those subjects that everyone's opinion will be different, and most of em's not wrong either. My all time favorite .300 Savage bullet is the 150gr. Nosler Partition. Kind'a spendy but BOY do they work! Don't have to push 'em very hard either. I personally gave up trying to "soup up" my .300 a long time ago. Why beat up a classic that is not made anymore when a more moderate load works so dang well? According to John Nosler, a 40.0gr. load of the old IMR 4064 powder is the recommended max for his 150gr. partition in a .300 Savage and is the most accurate to boot. I know that other load books show hotter loads, and everyone has their fav'rit load recipe (and they are all great. Really.) but, in my experience, ol' John was right. That load shoots ak'rit in my rifle, the deer drop so quick it's amazing, the "exit hole" well, you can stick several fingers in it, and it does not seem hard on either the old rifle or the brass. Just about perfect in my book. For just shootin', I have yet to find a 150gr. bullet that my .300 doesn't like just fine. But as long as I can still git 'em, I'll shoot the partition for my deer huntin' and use all the rest for targets. Just sayin.......
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