RE: Federal high energy amo.
I recently chronyd the 180 Grain Federal HE Nosler partition and 165 Grain Hornady Light Mag SST ammo in my 116 Savage with a 22" barrel. The numbers were pretty good the 180 NP averaged 2865 fps and the LM was at 2976. They were both approx 1.5" groups which pretty much what my gun shoots everything. Icould not chrony any standard loads for comparison.A guy at the range happened to have a chrony and let me shoot a few and measure the velocity.
Gander Mountain had a deal buy one get one free so I have two boxes for $25.00 not a bad deal. I dont think it is still running but I would check. The 165s shot slightly better and I will try them on whitetails soon.