Great Year with my Savage

[Johnny Deer Man]

Got a new ML-II 10 this year with thumbhole and just love that gun. Used it here in NY all regular season and now using it in ML season. I don't even miss my center fire.

Took a nice doe opening day and then a nice 8 point 10 minutes later. Nicest buck I ever shot in NY. My goal since then was to take a deer over 150 yards a preferably over 200 yards with my Savage. Yesterday I got it - big doe at 177 yards. Bang-Flop! Didn't take a step.

The savage is the cats A$$!

Now I have the flintlock out. First time with a sidelock of any kind. Really excited to get something with it.

Good luck to all who still have some season left!


Johnny

 

[paia]

Nice :applause: :applause:

What load are you shooting and what scope is on yours?

 

[Johnny Deer Man]

I'm using a nikon monarch 2.5-10x42 and the 300 grain hornady sst over 43 grains of SR4759. I'm also using harvester short black sabot instead of supplied sabot.

 

[ART338WM]

Gongrats Frontsuffer1, glad for your success. The very first three shots I took with my 10ML-II at both 50 and 100yrds were groups so small that I instantly fell in love with it. I pains me no end to shoot sabot slugs costing $2-$3 per shot when my .70C per shot 10ML-II hits harder, is far more accurate and to a considerably farther range as well.

I guess there are far worce things to become adicted to besides my 10ML-II.

Forgot to add that at least in my opinion based on what I have read here and at Doug's Harvester sabots are the best you can use in your 10ML-II. They turned my 10ML-II from a acceptable shooter to a scarry accurate ML. And the only thing I did was change which sabot I was using.

 

[Johnny Deer Man]

Art, what bullet are you using and what harvester sabot long or short?


Johnny

 

[maggie221]

savage

Stuffer,

I've had my Savage ML for two years now & never looked back .
You can't beat em in my opinion for cost & performance.
I've taken three deer so far with mine with yardages being 92,110 and 130.
My best loads are: 300 Rem.,Harv. BCR sabots & 45 gr's of 5744 and 60 gr's of N120 with BCR sabot and Barnes Orig. bullets. Orange MMP sabots also work.

Luv Da Savage!!

Mark :wink:

 

[ART338WM]

Frontstuffer my best performing load with the XTP is:

300grn .452XTP
Harvester short black sabot (non-crushed ribbed)
64 grains of IMR-4198
Federal 209a primer.
Sabot/Bullet orented to rifling

I have posted pics of this load over at dougs that are no BS sub MOA at 100yrds.

My A#1 best hunting load is:
.458" 300 grain Barnes Original SSP
Harvester Black Crushed Ribbed Sabot
75 grains of RL-10X
Federal 209a primer.

Again this is a great load that gives 100yrd groups btwn 1.0-1.25".

At present I only need to use three different types of Harvester sabots for all my 10ML-II shooting. The three other loads I shoot are still in their testing stage. [/list]