Need advice with A savage smokeless load
 

I just bought another savage muzzleloader I sold my last 1. I Gave him all my load info and stuff and he lost it. i was wondering if some1 could tell me an exact load that is workin in their gun that can get me a .5 MOA? Thanks

120grns of BH209, short black harvester sabot, and a .452 250grn bullet.

43 grains IMR-4759, Barnes Original Spitzer 300gr .458 with a Harvester black crushed rib sabot.

I do want to mention the Savage is alot more consistent with BH209 then with smokeless. N110,N120,IMR4198,5744,IMR4759, dont shoot like BH209 in my Savages. Another nice thing about BH209 is loading by volume. The smokeless powders need to be measured by weight not volume.

I've not had any problems with consistency from IMR-4759 in my Savage. I can obtain this powder for $18.00 a pound and get 160 shots out of it. Compare that to BH-209 and its much cheaper to shoot. As far as weighing charges it takes me about 20 minutes to weigh my charges for the season, piece of cake, not to mention I am pushing a 300gr projectile at 2200fps. I'll take full advantage of the guns capabilities and stick with the smokeless.

I dont no why you wrote the above post, or see that anyone told you what you were doing is wrong. Any way, glad your happy.

Grouse, I was merely responding to your comments in regards to smokeless powders being inconsistent. I just wanted the original poster Hogtiming to know the advantages IMO of smokeless powders and that when the right combination is found it can be a very consistent load. He now has some good options provided by us both and that is what is most important here. Certainly did not want to cause a stir in anyway.

Post it up in this forum, the guy that holds the patent on the Savage smokeless lives in Greensboro and frequents this forum...

His handle is 1Shot1Kill...

http://nchuntandfish.com/forums/index.php

Here you go, someone already asked him that question...

http://nchuntandfish.com/forums/show...ghlight=savage

Your gun may or may not shoot .5 MOA. You'll have to find that out for yourself, and that's part of the fun.

Originally Posted by Grouse45
I dont no why you wrote the above post, or see that anyone told you what you were doing is wrong. Any way, glad your happy.

I have read and reread can you say what fusion was doing was wrong?

Hawkeye's link is very informative not only for new shooters but for old timers shooting the savage it is good post also.
Another site for info on the savage is:
http://dougsmessageboards.proboards.com/index.cgi