PSA: my Savage 99 in 308 likes the Barnes Vortex 168gr TTSX

doofus47 · October 18, 2020, 03:17 PM

out to 200 yards.
Just in case any one was wondering about whether their Savage 99s would shoot non-lead projectiles.
I was about 2" high at 100 yards and 1" high at 200 yards shooting with a fixed 4x scope.

d47

T. O'Heir · October 19, 2020, 01:15 PM

The brand and model of rifle has nothing to do with bullet construction. Anyway, the group's consistency is what's important.
Barnes says a 168 sighted in 2" at 200 should be 8.4" low at 300. A lead cored bullet sighted in ~ 3" high at 100 will be on target at 300. Solid copper bullets aren't as dense.

Shadow9mm · November 12, 2020, 07:26 PM

huh? Pretty much all firearms will shoot non lead projectiles. How high or low the bullet hits has nothing to do with whether a gun likes a bullet or not. The rounds might be loaded hotter, causing it to hit high, or the bullet might cut the wind better, higher BC causing it to hit higher, Neither have to do with whether or not the gun likes it. The real question for me would be whether or not the rounds group well. I will typically shoot a couple fouling shots before testing a new ammo. For the new ammo I shoot a full 20rnd box, 4 groups of 5rnds each and average the groups to get the accuracy for that ammo out of that gun.

October 18, 2020, 03:17 PM	#1
doofus47 Senior Member Join Date: June 9, 2010 Location: live in a in a house when i'm not in a tent Posts: 2,483	PSA: my Savage 99 in 308 likes the Barnes Vortex 168gr TTSX out to 200 yards. Just in case any one was wondering about whether their Savage 99s would shoot non-lead projectiles. I was about 2" high at 100 yards and 1" high at 200 yards shooting with a fixed 4x scope. d47 __________________ I'm right about the metric system 3/4 of the time.

October 19, 2020, 01:15 PM	#2
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	The brand and model of rifle has nothing to do with bullet construction. Anyway, the group's consistency is what's important. Barnes says a 168 sighted in 2" at 200 should be 8.4" low at 300. A lead cored bullet sighted in ~ 3" high at 100 will be on target at 300. Solid copper bullets aren't as dense. __________________ Spelling and grammar count!

November 12, 2020, 07:26 PM	#3
Shadow9mm Senior Member Join Date: March 21, 2012 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 3,974	huh? Pretty much all firearms will shoot non lead projectiles. How high or low the bullet hits has nothing to do with whether a gun likes a bullet or not. The rounds might be loaded hotter, causing it to hit high, or the bullet might cut the wind better, higher BC causing it to hit higher, Neither have to do with whether or not the gun likes it. The real question for me would be whether or not the rounds group well. I will typically shoot a couple fouling shots before testing a new ammo. For the new ammo I shoot a full 20rnd box, 4 groups of 5rnds each and average the groups to get the accuracy for that ammo out of that gun. __________________ I don't believe in "range fodder" that is why I reload.