300 Savage Barrel ????

[Beeg]

I recently purchased a new Encore with a 45/410 barrel and will use the 410 for rabbit hunting with my beagles. I also deer hunt and I hunt with a 300Savage Remington 722. I am considering buying a 300 Savage  barrel for the Encore. Would you purchase the 15 " tapered,the heavy barrel or the bull barrel? I am new at this and from what I have read here there are many of you that are hooked on hunting with these pistols and I am open to advice. In addition what distance should I expect to get out of the 300 savage in the pistol . I will be putting a scope on it and need advice on that also. Thank You  !!!!

[41MAG]

 If I was doing it I would go with a 15" taper ,A 4X scope,&  A 100yd. shot should be no problem  for a 300 savage. But you need to work up to it .Start at 50 then 75 then 100.If your group starts to go away back off to the last range you had good groups.Stay at that range for a while. Then work on out to your max range. My max was 75yds. for a long time.But I finally got past it .Now I'm working on 125yds. still got a ways to.But its fun.
            GOOD LUCK

[Lone Star]

I've shot over a dozen deer with my 15" Bullberry .300 Savage Contender barrel.  It is a full bull barrel and I wouldn't have it in any lighter profile.  Fitted with a 4X Leupold it has taken Kodiak Island deer to 250 yards with 150-grain Ballistic Tips launched at 2400 fps.  Most deer were taken at much shorter range - the shortest was about 5 yards!  

The cartridge has more than enough power for deer to near 300 yards with this bullet, but the question is how good a field shot are you?  I shot 5000+ rounds a year through my T/C barrels in IHMSA competition so I was an accomplished handgun shot.  The 250 yard shot was from the creedmore position I used for hundreds of 220-yard rams with numerous barrels.  I'd never have taken the shot if I didn't have a solid shooting position.

Factory ammo is almost as powerful but the bullet is harder - I'd limit factory ammo to 175 yards.  Chronographed in my barrel, 150-grain Remington ammo showed 2353 fps.  In the Encore you can load the .300 hotter than factory ammo, gaining approximately 150 fps.  Not much gain, but worthwhile IF you are careful.