The .300 Savage cartridge is a rimless, .30

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cartridge developed by Savage Arms in 1920. It was designed to replace the less powerful .303 Savage in their popular Savage Model 99 hammerless lever-action rifle.The Savage Model 99 by Jon Y Wolfe at Chuck Hawks
/ref> Despite having a short case and a rather stumpy neck, the cartridge is capable of propelling a bullet at over with an effective range of over .

Performance

Pressure level for the .300 Savage is set by SAAMI at 46,000 CUP.Reloading data at Accurate Powder

References

External links

Savage 99 Web site

C.I.P. TDCC sheet .300 Savage

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Performance

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