Hi there guys,not sure if this is the right spot or not but since it involves the evil J word projectiles I didnt want to ask in the main forums.
My dad has a lever action savage 90 not sure what year it is, but the old style with the rotary mag and bullet counter. It's at my brothers house in the UP, so cant go look.
Anyway dad suddenly he got the itch to shoot it but at 2plus bucks a pop (if you can even find it) he asked my to reload it. So he bought the dies and I said I'd load for him.
I figured I would use 150 grain round nose speer hot core bullets as i got some on sale and being a close ranged lever gun I dont plan to push hard I figure spire point boat tail is overkill.
However it seems loading data is a bit limited and my lyman 50th book only lists a few loads.
It lists a 150 grn spire point, and 180 grn round nose. So I am wondering should I use the load for the 150 or 180?
Besides the slight differences in max powder, the oal is different. The 150 says 2.600 and the 180 rn say 2.560.
I was thinking to use the 2.560 as oal since round nose dont taper and I dont want over pressure. But I also don't want to have the bullet pushed to far back in the case.
The other consideration is the savage 99 magazine length which I have heard is a limiting factor in length.
I did measure an old cartridge he had laying around(spire point) and it's oal is 2.40
Interestingly enough if load my speer 150s to oal of 2.40 also, it looks like the cannulure will match up with the case.
Anybody load for the 300 savage lever guns and could point me in the right direction?
Thanks.