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Old 03-15-2009 | 03:26 PM
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Default Just playing around with .458 300grn Lehigh.

I went to the range today to try out some new bullets for the Savage. I started with a 300grn-XXX that's what he called it. It shot okay but i didnt take any pics if that tells you anything. Even though these are .458 bullets i cant use the orange .458 MMP sabot because it's to loose in my bore.

Next up was the .458/300grn .458/210 bullet. Here again i needed to use the short black harvester sabot so i had a good seel with the bullets. I was pleasantly surprised how well this bullet shot. So right away i pulled out the chrono. I actually wasn't expecting these to shoot for some reason. 42grns of 4759 gave me an avg velocity of 2100fps. I didn't think that was bad at all. Here is one of my 100yard groups.



Next up was the same bullet with 60grns of N120. I new i would get increased velocity but here again the accuracy was surprising. Average MV was 2277. That's very immpressive with a 300grn bullet. Here again i needed the short black harvester sabot.


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Old 03-15-2009 | 03:51 PM
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Default RE: Just playing around with .458 300grn Lehigh.

Good shooting. When's the hog hunt with these bullets?
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Old 03-15-2009 | 05:08 PM
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Nice shooting! That is some pretty impressive velocity for a 300 grain bullet - that should be able to drop most big game animals in their tracks.
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Old 03-15-2009 | 07:27 PM
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Default RE: Just playing around with .458 300grn Lehigh.

The MMP short black is quite a bit thicker than the Harvester short black, it might be interesting to try a few. Lee
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Old 03-15-2009 | 07:45 PM
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Default RE: Just playing around with .458 300grn Lehigh.

that is some excellent shooting... and those are impressive velocities...
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Old 03-16-2009 | 03:49 AM
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Default RE: Just playing around with .458 300grn Lehigh.

Beautiful for the Savage. They appear to be accurate bullets in all weights, 250, 300 and 210.
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Old 03-16-2009 | 04:59 AM
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Default RE: Just playing around with .458 300grn Lehigh.

good groups again. It's Monday morning, any hog pics? What was the outcome of the hunt? inquiring minds want to know. and also want to quell the skepticism of these bullets.
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