Ian
Notorious member
Just for clarification, my loads are using 4759,5744,2400 mostly and in the range of 1850 give or take.
There's most of your problem. If you want to maximize your knockdown energy, you must impart that energy to the bullet in the first place. How? Utilize a real rifle powder. 3031, 748, even H335 but no slower. No faster than Reloder 7, that means no 4198 because even the H stuff is faster than RX-7.
Ok, I mis-remembered the bullet number, the one I meant was 31-170F, but it has a .460" nose length and a very broad WFN so it may not feed in your Savage and is a 100-yard hunting bullet even if pushed hard and fast. My advice stands regarding the Lee 155 with the single lube groove and a healthy jacketed-bullet load of WW748.