New 300 Savage Owner Needs Load Advice

[saalfelder]

I just came into a Savage 99 from a family member and I'm looking for a place to start with handloads. It's iron sights only, not drilled and tapped and I plan to keep it that way. It'll be used for deer hunting and I can't imagine a shot much over 100 yards. I have the following bullets on hand;

150gr FP (for 30-30)
150gr AccuBond
165gr Partition
165gr AccuBond
170gr FP
170gr Partition
170gr Core Lokt

I'm open to any suggestions.

 

[baltz526]

the 150gr AccuBond will get the job done. the 170gr Partition is another that would work, but the canulure is in the wrong place, and the 165gr Partition will be a good choice also

 

[Richracer1]

I too have a Mod 99 in 300 Savage. I loaded up IMR 4064 to push 150ABs. Iwill tell you, you have to seat the 150ABs deep to fit in the rotary magazine. The 4064 loads listed in Nosler #5 become a compressed load when you get to max due to seating the bullet so deep. I don't have my load info, but I think it was around 40gns, which is max per Hodgdon.

 

[FOTIS]

Richracer is spot on!

 

[rick smith]

Have used IMR & H 4895 with a 150gr and RL-7 with a 125gr. Both gave good results.Rick.

 

[saalfelder]

How do you think the AccuBond performs in the Savage? I'm looking at an impact velocity of around 2500, which seems ideal in my mind.

I was afraid I'd have to seat them deep. Anyone know if the BT is shorter? Doesn't it have a thinner jacket at the base?

 

[baltz526]

the 150gr Partition is what i would call a near perfect bullet for the 300 savage with open sights. and varget powder is just right. 2650fps MV. a scoped 300 savage, the 125gr ballistic tip kills deer very well

 

[FOTIS]

Cartridge : .300 Savage
Bullet : .308, 150, Nosler AccuBond 56719
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 2.600 inch or 66.04 mm
Barrel Length : 22.0 inch or 558.8 mm
Powder : IMR 3031

Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 2.0% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !

Step Fill. Charge Vel. Energy Pmax Pmuz Prop.Burnt B_Time
% % Grains fps ft.lbs psi psi % ms

-20.0 83 31.20 2195 1605 26802 6042 93.9 1.452
-18.0 86 31.98 2248 1683 28533 6212 94.9 1.414
-16.0 88 32.76 2300 1763 30378 6373 95.9 1.377
-14.0 90 33.54 2353 1844 32346 6526 96.7 1.341
-12.0 92 34.32 2405 1926 34446 6668 97.5 1.305
-10.0 94 35.10 2457 2010 36686 6800 98.1 1.271
-08.0 96 35.88 2508 2096 39079 6921 98.7 1.236
-06.0 98 36.66 2560 2182 41638 7030 99.2 1.202
-04.0 100 37.44 2611 2270 44373 7128 99.5 1.168
-02.0 102 38.22 2661 2359 47296 7212 99.8 1.136 ! Near Maximum !
+00.0 104 39.00 2711 2449 50435 7284 99.9 1.105 ! Near Maximum !
+02.0 106 39.78 2761 2539 53800 7342 100.0 1.074 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+04.0 108 40.56 2810 2630 57409 7391 100.0 1.045 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+06.0 111 41.34 2859 2722 61288 7437 100.0 1.017 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+08.0 113 42.12 2907 2815 65459 7481 100.0 0.991 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+10.0 115 42.90 2955 2908 69936 7523 100.0 0.964 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!

Results caused by ± 10% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge
Data for burning rate increased by 10% relative to nominal value:
+Ba 104 39.00 2819 2647 61813 6926 100.0 1.025 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
Data for burning rate decreased by 10% relative to nominal value:
-Ba 104 39.00 2549 2165 40520 7371 96.2 1.210

 

[saalfelder]

Pop, thanks and that program is incredible.

 

[Val]

I just finished developing a load for mt Model 99 in 300 Savage. I used 130 grain Hornady SPs with 43.5 grains of Varget and Winchester WLR primers. My model 99 was manufactured in 1941, My best group with this load was .75". The load chronograohed ar 2780 fps.