TLC311-170-RF?

[Mainehunter]

I did some research on 30 cal. bullets and stumbled across the above mold. I know this particular mold was designed for the Marlin 308EX and there was a limited run but was wondering if anybody tried them out in the 300 Savage especially in a Savage 99?

Mainehunter

[Ranch Dog]

This one will be tough to find as there were only 52 of them cut. Here is the bullet he is talking about



Looking at it real quick, all I see is that the neck of the 300 Savage is quite a bit shorter and the throat is shorter. That means that the bullet body is going to extend quite a bit below the base of the case neck. If you were to find a mold, I would not pay a premium for it as I don't think it will fly well. Once a bullet body is inside the combustion chamber (the case interior below the base of the neck) funny things happen to it.

[Mainehunter]

Hmmm..... I was under the impression the throat was long so therefore this particular bullet won't work as far as the nose profile goes. I love lever action rifles, mostly have Savage 99's in various calibers but none of them in 300 Savage BUT there's one at my local gun shop that I have my eye on.

Mainehunter

[Ranch Dog]

The dimension references are for the SAAMI cut. Savage might have done something else on their own, you would know without a chamber impression. My previous spouse had a 99 chambered in 300 Savage but she passed right as I was getting interested in the design work. I never took a chamber impression from the rifle but did try to apply my TLC311-165-RF to it but did not have much luck. The bullet body was too long and accuracy performance suffers with the body past the base of the case neck. I ended up selling the rifle.

[Ranch Dog]

As a note, I was interested in having the Savage 10 FCM Scout I just purchased delivered in 300 Savage. I talked with the Savage custom shop about it and they liked the idea but it would add a $300 premium to the straight up MSRP of $865. As I pondered the value of a $1165 rifle, they suggested I try the 7.62x39 and "just put the wood to it" as they thought I would like it. I do like it but had they had a 300 Savage rifle, I probably started there.

[Zippidydoodah]

You probably would like the 250 savage round too. It is an efficient little cartridge. Saw one in a browning bolt action, was a sweet handling rifle.

[Ranch Dog]

I had a Savage 99 chambered in 250 Savage. I thought the cartridge a little light for South Texas hunting. The hogs didn't seem to notice it much.

[Zippidydoodah]

I loaded some lee 173 grain Into 300 savage. I loaded to max oal 2.6" but haven't shot any yet. Had to resize 308 to get most of my brass but it is pretty easy job. I don't load for speed anymore, just need to get used to the gun. It has the scope mounted on2 mount base with pins. I may have to put a single base on it.