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I tried to duplicate this load in my rifle and was able to come pretty close!
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I'm looking for a good powder choice for my newly acquired 300 savage. Not that the charge would be the same, but I would imagine the 308 and the 300 savage should like the same kinds of powder. Would I be assuming correctly?
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I'm looking for a good powder choice for my newly acquired 300 savage. Not that the charge would be the same, but I would imagine the 308 and the 300 savage should like the same kinds of powder. Would I be assuming correctly? What type of rifle, and what bullet weight?
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savage 99 in 300 savage shooting mainly 150 gr partitions but am also wanting to experiment with 125 and 165 gr bullets.
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I haven't done much with 125 grain bullets, but with the other two I know a wide variety of powders will work nicely.
IMR 3031, 4895, 4064, H4895, RL15, N140 ... mid range stuff. Very similar to the 308, as you suspected. But since you're loading for a '99 you might want to stay away from powders that need full 308 type pressure to do well.
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125 NBT and 45grs of Varget. 165/168 gr bullets and 44-45 grs of Varget. I use Fed210 and WLR primers. Been having great luck with 41.8 grs of IMR4064 and 175 grainers lately.
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Anybody have a good starting point for RL15 under a Hornady 165gr Interlock BTSP? I have CCIBR2 primers, RP and Fed brass. This will be strictly for Whitetail hunting. Thanks.
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Have any Savage 99 (mild pressure) load recomendations in .308 Win 150 -165 grain? Have a nice 99F and would like to shoot it more.
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Have any Savage 99 (mild pressure) load recomendations in .308 Win 150 -165 grain? Have a nice 99F and would like to shoot it more. About 39 or 39.5 grains of IMR3031 should work well with a 165/168. You may need to add a couple of tenths if you're using light brass like WW.
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My two favorite powder in the 308 Win is IMR 4064 and IMR 4895, if you 308 won't shoot with one of these two powder you have a problem with your rifle
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A couple of my favorites for hunting:
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Another good one.
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So far 4064 seems to be the best in My savage 99 E
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What kind of velocity can one expect with 165gr bullets out of 22" 308Win? From reading past pages it seems powder charges around 44-45gr of power.
Powders on hand: Varget and H-4895. Brass: Lapua Primers: Fed210M
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What kind of velocity can one expect with 165gr bullets out of 22" 308Win? From reading past pages it seems powder charges around 44-45gr of power.
Powders on hand: Varget and H-4895. Brass: Lapua Primers: Fed210M
2725-2750 is what mine average in 20-22" barrels. Different bullets give different speeds such as 168 HAMAX vs 168 NBT, etc... This is with Varget, have not tried H4895 (Milspec load)
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Just because I had some components to use, I loaded some 165 gr ballistic tips with 42 gr of IMR-4064 in FC brass, which has less capacity than W-W. Today it shot a 1/2" group from my Savage 11.
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Anybody have data on 308 and 155 Scenar???
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Yep, 46-47 Grains of Varget was given to me by Scenarshooter. Very accurate and 46.5 gets 2,950 fps with a 24" barrel.
TAC was also very good, accurate and about the same speed or a little faster at 46 grains.
That's with a Tula LRM primer which are hard to find these days.
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Yep, 46-47 Grains of Varget was given to me by Scenarshooter. Very accurate and 46.5 gets 2,950 fps with a 24" barrel.
TAC was also very good, accurate and about the same speed or a little faster at 46 grains.
That's with a Tula LRM primer which are hard to find these days. Thanks
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Are 155 Scenars jump sensitive like Bergers?
Was wondering how much jump for optimal performance.
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