30-30 bullets for 300 Savage

[tjmga]

As an owner of a few 300 Savage rifles I have couple of questions about reloading the Nosler 170 gr. Partition and Speer 170 FN for deer hunting. I am a long time reloader but with little experience taking game. I hunt mostly to be in the woods but am thinking of taking game with one of the old classic rifles. The rifles I have are Savage 99’s and Remington Model 81’s. Knowing the limitations of COL., I was thinking the Nosler 170 PT RN (30-30) or the Speer 170 gr. FN SP (30-30), may be ideal bullets for Michigan deer hunting. Shots will be 50 – 150 yds. My question is what can I expect for terminal performance at the higher velocity of the 300 Savage? Would these bullets be good for black bear, hogs etc.?
Thank you to everyone for your responses.
TJ

 

[Don McDowell]

I wouldn't worry about using either bullet in your 300. The velocity's aren't that great of a difference. I shoot the speer in a 30-30 AI at velocity similar to the 300 and have had no problems.

 

[LoonWulf]

both should be fine. Ive fired 150 flat points from my .30-06, driven to 2900 they did just fine as close as 20ish yds.

 

[curly84]

I have been reloading about 30+years got in to it for the simple fact that the 300 savage round was way to pricey.I load 150g Sierra pro hunter 43g Rl15. I shoot a Rem. 722 in a 300 savage.

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[tjmga]

Thank you everyone for your advice. It sounds like I am overthinking this.
tj

 

[Sunray]

Any bullet good enough for Bambi will also be good enough for Yogi. Shot placement and accuracy matters, of course.
Your .300 is really a great deal faster than a .30-30 though. Using H4895 a 180 out of your .300 is roughly the same as a 170 out of a .30-30 with higher pressures.
You have hogs in MI?

 

[stringnut]

On deer I wouldn't worry about the bullet holding together. Even if the Speer comes apart at the higher velocity at extreme close range it will still work fine. It doesn't take a lot of penetration to put a deer down. On hogs or bear use the Nosler just in case. I have shot quite a few hogs and the difference in bone structure compared to a deer is amazing. Better to hedge your bets a bit. Load for Savage model 99 in 300 and have never run into an OaL issuemwith any flatbase to 180 grns.

 

[tjmga]

Sunray. No hogs in MI but son lives in Texas. This may be something to do in the future.
Again thanks for the replies.
tj