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The recoil isn't bad at all. A little more than a 250 but tolerable. Reloader 10 (60-65 gr)is another powder to try if 4198 isn't available.

Ordinary XTPs aren't designed for more than about 1600fps. An X bullet, an XTP Mag, or a Swift will hold up better. The X bullets and Swifts are pricey, but having a blow-up on a nice animal is no fun either.

My sons took 3 deer with regular 300gr XTPs at about 1600. All shots were pass-throughs with plenty of damage. Unless you need the extra velocity for long range, a lighter charge may do the trick for you. I just got a box of 250gr X bullets to try in my Knight, but plan to try the Swift A-Frames as well. They promise good expansion and wieght retention at from 950-3000fps and over. At a buck a pop, they oughta promise somethin'.

generally speaking the savage shoots better with the .458 bullets. the 325 FTX, barnes original 300 or the remingtion 300 hp with a black cr harvester of orange mmp depending on barrel fit. as was mentioned earlier go to Dougs message boards and click on Savage smokeless muzzleloading to learn all you will ever need to know about the Savage ML. H-4198 is pretty much the go to powder for the savage.

Arrowhead Sporting Goods has all things smokeless and will fix you up

The new Nosler Ballistic Tip features a 300gr .458 slug. I've got a pile on order.

I scored a box of Hornady 300 grain 4500's at Cabela's NRA weekend. Now I just need to find some orange MMP sabots, and I'll be ready to experiment.

apologize but my cousin has an extra 10ml2 in stainless laminate that he might sell. Gun is used but in good condition. How much should he ask?

Seems like the sky's the limit on the SS/Lam's. I see people asking $12-2000 for NIB. I think realistic selling prices are in the $800-1000 range depending on who want's it bad enough. Auctions can go crazy sometimes.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=468119584

No need to apologize; I've gotten what I wanted from the thread. Most I've seen lately go for 800 and up. They aren't making them anymore. If he's in a hurry to sell it, I'm guessing it would move pretty quick at 750 if he gets the ad in front of enough people, otherwise he should be able to get over 800.