ORIGINAL: Doegirl75
Chap: The XTP's should give you reasonable (<2") accuracy with 5744. My suggestion to experiment with different powders is assuming you're still having accuracy issues even after shooting the xtp's with MMP short black sabots. My gun will group them 1.5" with 44grains. 5744 is "safe" because it's a Savage recommended powder. Savage recommends also that the max weight for a saboted projectile is 300 grains.
Oh, OK. Did not realize that 300g was maximul Sabot either. Read the manual, I don't recall seeing that. I like 300g since it tends to shoot thru deer. Don't know how it will do on Elk but hope to find out in 2008.
Thanks for your help. Chap