Your favorite Savage load combo for whitetails

[Rangeball]

Just curious

Please list load, muzzle fps if known, farthest shot and details on terminal performance

 

[savageml10-2]

44 grains weighed 5744 300 magtip 300 grxtp std 300 mz pretty much interchangable same poi dead deer out to 205 yrds

 

[dwhunter]

Savage HB LTD:
250gr SST/SW
43 gr N110
MMP HPH-12 sabot
Winchester 209 primer
This load shoots nickle size groups@100yds.

Savage#2 Stainless/Laminate:
250gr SST/SW
42gr N110
MMP HPH-24 sabot
Winchester 209 primer
This load shoots sub MOA@100yds.

 

[VENISONEATR]

Stock Savage ML-II
Barnes-X .458 350 grain
Orange MMP Sabot
73 Grains AA-2015
Fed. Primer

 

[herman]

IMR 4759
47.5 grs
250 sst
Win 209

The last 2 years there has been 12 deer taken with this load in my ss model,and 1 with my blue model useing this load,12 bucks and 2 does from 50 to 234 yds.
Have several buddies shooting the same load and they all took deer too.
All were complete pass throughs,most dropped where they stood,the fartherest one ran was about 75 yds shot it running at 78 yds.Shot one at 50 yds head shot,all most took his head off.One at 234 yds looked like it took 2 slow motion steps and fell over.
Thinking about trying the barnes 245 spit fire this year with the same load.

 

[Doohan]

Stock Savage ML-II
Barnes-X .458 350 grain
Orange MMP Sabot
73 Grains AA-2015
Fed. Primer

Works great on elephant too! 8)

 

[VENISONEATR]

Works great on elephant too!

And the occasional T-Rex that may be lurking in the wood lots of Northern NJ 8)

 

[nugbuk]

Stock Savage ML-II
Barnes-X .458 350 grain
Orange MMP Sabot
73 Grains AA-2015
Fed. Primer

And you are complaining about recoil of my Steyr? :shock:

 

[Mountain Man]

Last fall it was:

245 Spitfire
Supplied yellow sabot
67.0 grains IMR 4198
CCI 209M
Estimate 2450 fps
Terminal performance--

I shot three deer with that load last fall. I only recovered one of Spitfires--and that was from a large (approximately 170 pounds) buck that I shot nearly straight on. I did not go through the opening below the neck--the Spitfire hit the breast bone/top of rib cage at an angle, penetrating several inches of bone in a straight line, and going on to take out one lung, the heart and aorta, the diaphram, and the liver. I found the slug against the hide next the genitals--just a few more inches and I would have had end-to-end penetration, and probably would have gotten it if I hadn't hit the breast bone on the way in.

In contrast, I also shot a fair sized buck (about 140 pounds) broadside through the heart. Autopsy showed that, in the inch or two that it took to penetrate the ribcage, the Spitfire fully expanded, leaving about .5" to 1.0" hole on the outside of the ribcage, but a huge opening into the body cavity. It of course blew on through the far side.

For more details and photos:

http://www.modernmuzzleloader.com/phpBB ... t=spitfire

http://www.modernmuzzleloader.com/phpBB ... t=spitfire

 

[Mountain Man]

This fall, it will be:

300 grain Shockwave
MMP HPH24 sabot
82.5 grains H322
CCI 209M

Estimate it to be about 2500 fps.

I'll let you know about terminal performance this fall. :wink:

 

[VENISONEATR]

And you are complaining about recoil of my Steyr?

No not at all. You should know me better than that. I do complain about the MUZZLE BLAST though.

 

[black3]

250 SST
HPH 12
WW 209
RW ventliner
43 gr. N110
MLBSS
4200 Elite

4 deer from 50 yards to 212 yards. Very short recovery ( 0-40 yards ) on all.

black3

 

[Corncob]

Last year -
XTP 300 MMP and N120 @ 58 grains
This year - more of the same but expect to try -
TMZ 290 and 4759 @ 42 grain

BR's Cob

 

[RAF]

For the past 3 seasons it's
43 grains 4759
250 SST
Win primer
When I have a good day it produces MOA groups.