Model 99 for mule deer

[Big Slick]

I’ve really been wanting to shoot a deer with the .300 savage my Dad gave me. Does anyone reload for this caliber?

 

[Pelican]

I reload for a 300 savage. IMR 4064 and 4895 work well for me. Reloader 15 is a good powder for 165 grain bullets also.

 

[Big Slick]

I reload for a 300 savage. IMR 4064 and 4895 work well for me. Reloader 15 is a good powder for 165 grain bullets also.

Thanks for the info. I’m hoping to draw a good tag next year and use the .300 Savage.

 

[Big Slick]

This is the load dad worked up for mine when I was a kid. Still have the rifle, it’s a Remington 722, it shoots far better than I can.
Winchester Cases
Federal 210 Primers
42 grains of 4320
150 grain Hornady Interlock.
It’s really good deer medicine.

Thanks for the response. I’ll check it out.

 

[Howie]

Slick,
I haven't seen one of those in the field since a deer camping the 70's. Good luck brother, that's a cool old leveraction.

 

[MTGomer]

I killed my first elk with a Savage 99 in .308 and a straight 4x Leupold scope.
love that gun.

 

[Deleted member 16864]

Taking this one out for deer this weekend. Stocked by Griffin & Howe and now wearing a 2 1/2 power Lyman Alaskan.

 

[Deleted member 16864]

 

[Oak]

I killed my first mule deer with a Savage 99 in .243.

 

[JV842]

Got to check w the old man on powders n charges but he used to load his for me when I was younger w 180grn silver tips

 

[Big Slick]

Got to check w the old man on powders n charges but he used to load his for me when I was younger w 180grn silver tips

I remember my Dad shooting the Winchester silver tips in the gun I have. I may even have a partial box of them now that I think about it.

 

[Fullquiver]

I load 125gr Nosler BT and they work great with IMR 3031. Shooting around 2750fps IIRC.

 

[Jbotto]

Always thought that if I ever come across one at the right price, I’d try the 130gr TTSX in the .300 Savage. Seems like it would wake it up a bit.

 

[Big Slick]

I was thinking about a 165 grain nosler partition. I’m thinking of keeping my shots to no more than 250 yards.

 

[T.R.]

I downed this muley near a burn site within the Black Hills National Forest of South Dakota. Shooting distance was approx 150 yards or so. Savage 99 is a keeper!

TR

 

[noharleyyet]

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Sharp...

 

[WoodMoose]

love my Savage 99s,,, you should have a fun hunt with it