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,The Savage Model 99 by Jon Y Wolfe at Chuck Hawks which they started to produce again as Model 99, as well as the new Savage Model 1920 bolt-action rifle. Despite having a short case in order to fit the original Model 99 magazine and a rather stumpy neck, the cartridge is capable of propelling a bullet at over with an effective range of over .
After WW2, US Ordnance authorities working on the next phase of US Military small arms used the .300 Savage as the basis for experiments developing new ammunition, eventually leading to the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge (see section "T65 series experimental cartridges"). Performance
Pressure level for the .300 Savage is set by SAAMI at 46,000 CUP.Reloading data at Accurate Powder
Official SAAMI .300 Savage dimensional line drawing
See also .303 Savage .30-06 Springfield 7.62×51mm NATO .308 Winchester Table of handgun and rifle cartridges
References
External links Savage 99 Web site C.I.P. TDCC sheet .300 Savage The .300 Savage by Chuck Hawks