Joined: Mar 23, 2012 Messages: 13. At the time, after WWI, the .30-06 gave 2800 fps. I've got 20 pieces of 30-40 Krag reworked to fit the 303 Savage, from back when it was next to impossible to find any. verdrängt. Harvey Donaldson live in Rome, N.Y. and was friends with the chief ballistic engineer John Pierce at Savage located in Utica, N.Y. I. Irving_D OP. #6005206 01/05/12: Joined: Feb 2010. Irving_D. Posts: 3,049. Comment Posts: 3,049. Now that 303 Savage brass/ammo is so much easier to find, I wouldn't recommend that route either. I. Savage Model 1899 - Shooting This 114 Year Old Rifle - .303 Savage ... Today I shoot a Model 1899 that was made in 1902 and chambered for the .303 Savage cartridge. The 30-40 is actually oversized, and so can be worked down to fit the 303 Savage. Both are good deer guns though, and in a Savage 99 or an Enfield Carbine both would be good in thick brush. Both are good deer guns though, and in a Savage 99 or an Enfield Carbine both would be good in thick brush. I dont think win 760 will get you much velocity in the 303 . First time on this forum. Hi everyone! danny #3 10-03-2013, 05:51 PM kdub. Ammo, brass, and data are reasonably available. These velocities were (and still are) obtained from 24” test barrels. 30-30 leverevolution vs 300 savage? The gun are a Mauser 96 small ring in 6.5x55mm Mauser. The .300 Savage is a Newton design, rimless, little taper, short neck. Standard American factory loads for the .303 Savage drove a round nose 190 grain, .311" diameter bullet at a muzzle velocity (MV) of 1980 fps … OP. The (older) .303 Savage is a rimmed, tapered, bottleneck round in the same ballistic category as the .30-30, except with a heavier … The .303 Savage is a rimmed, .30 caliber rifle cartridge developed by the Savage Arms Company in 1894 which was designed as a short action cartridge for their Savage Model 1895 later 1899 hammerless lever-action rifle. 22” barreled sporters produced around 2600fps with the 150 grain bullet and 2300fps with the 180 grain bullet. I have load data for the 303 but its for IMR powders. When Donaldson asked Pierce about … The cartridge was designed for smokeless powder at a time when black-powder cartridges were still popular. So there is … Die .300 Savage wurde nach dem 1. Weltkrieg von Savage Arms Company enwickelt um die leistungsschwächere .303 Savage zu ersetzen und eine kurzhülsige Patrone in der Leistungsklasse der .30-06 für Unterhebelrepetierer anbieten zu können.. Bis in die 1960er Jahre war sie bei amerikanischen Jägern sehr beliebt, wurde dann aber von der .308 Win. The 300 Savage (left), shown here in a DoubleTap custom-loaded, 165-grain Swift Scirocco II, is a very capable cartridge. However, the 300 Winchester Magnum (right), shown here with a 150-grain Hornady SST bullet, flies faster and delivers more downrange energy. 748 would be a better powder. In any case, the .303 Savage was a fine deer and general Class 2 game cartridge and, at moderate range, adequate for Class 3 animals.

Lymans #45 manual has load data from 110 -193 gr bullets. Ny. .300 savage or .250-3000 savage. with a 150-gr. You can use 30-30 load data for the 303 as max loads in the 30 WCF are 1-2 grains less than the 303 savage. It would **almost** equal the early .30-06 and is the ancestor of the .308, as the army started with it when developing the 7.72 NATO in the '50s. Campfire Guide. They seem like they would be pretty close in comparison.

The 250-3000 [250 savage] was developed 5 years sooner than the 300 savage. The 303 British is closer to the 300 Savage with a little more power and range. The .300 Savage is a bit more powerful, although not noticeably so.