300 Savage Cartridge Overview | Outdoor Life
2024年2月21日 · In many ways, the .300 Savage is the perfect medium-range, big-game cartridge. It fires either a 150-grain or 180-grain bullet at practical velocities and does so without generating uncomfortable recoil. It brings plenty of terminal performance to cleanly kill deer, elk, bears, and moose to ranges of about 300 yards.
The .300 Savage - GUNS Magazine
The .300 Savage preceded, by five years, the .300 H&H and was 25 years ahead of Weatherby ’s .300. While these and subsequent magnums outmuscle it, the .300 Savage punches above its weight — and the M99 is a sturdy, reliable rifle. Once, …
The .300 Savage - CHUCKHAWKS.COM
The .300 Savage was introduced in 1921 and it quickly became one of the classic deer rifle cartridges, as well as an all-around big game cartridge. It was designed to out perform the .30-30 Winchester and approximate the .30-06 ballistics of the time (150 grain bullet at 2700 fps) in a cartridge short enough to operate in the Savage Model 99 ...
The 300 Savage: A (Nearly) Perfect Mid-Range Hunting Cartridge
In many ways, the .300 Savage is the perfect medium-range, big-game cartridge. It fires either a 150-grain or 180-grain bullet at practical velocities and does so without generating uncomfortable recoil. It brings plenty of terminal performance to cleanly kill deer, elk, bears, and moose to ranges of about 300 yards.
.300 Savage - BallisticStudies.com
The .300 Savage is a mild yet effective medium game hunting cartridge. Muzzle velocities are not high enough to cause hydrostatic shock however disproportionate to caliber wounding is ensured. Loaded with a 150 grain bullet, the .300 is capable of producing clean killing on light to medium weight game out to 300 yards.
Best Lever Gun Cartridge Showdown: The .300 Savage vs.
2021年8月6日 · For general deer and black bear hunting, the lighter recoil, superior trajectory, and higher retained energy of the .300 Savage makes it a clear winner with the old .30/30 panting into second place. The .45/70 is obviously a shorter-range tool due to its low bullet B.C. Wide, broad, heavy bullets waste too much energy bucking wind.
.300 Savage Cartridge and Savage 99 Rifle — The Forgotten .30
2018年7月27日 · Among my favorite cartridges is a hard hitting, accurate, and soft-kicking number known as the .300 Savage. The .300 Savage has been chambered in the Savage 99 lever action rifle most famously, but also a number of bolt action rifles.
Top Loads for the .300 Savage - Shooting Times
2011年1月6日 · Even though the bolts of the Savage Model 1920 and Remington Model 81 have lock-up at the front, loads should be kept on the mild side for them out of respect for their age. In the Remington Model 722, I find the .300 Savage to be just as accurate as the .308 Winchester in a hunting-weight rifle.
The .300 Savage - GUNS Magazine
In this era, the .30-’06 was by-far the dominant American hunting cartridge and Savage Arms intended the .300 Savage to provide .30-’06 level performance. It kind of did if you use as a comparison the ’06 military load, which at the time was a 150-grain bullet at 2,700 fps.
.300 Savage - Wikipedia
The .300 Savage cartridge is a rimless, .30 caliber rifle cartridge developed by Savage Arms in 1920. It was designed to replace the less powerful .303 Savage in their popular Savage Model 1899 hammerless lever-action rifle, [ 5 ] which they started to produce again as Model 99, as well as the new Savage Model 1920 bolt-action rifle.