WTF were they thinking when they created the 22 Savage HiPower?
I know literally what they were trying to do, but WTF were they thinking?
LOL
It was a collaboration. Charles Newton created one of the first successful attempts at creating a truly small-bore high-pressure cartridge. Savage jumped on board.
25 caliber was the small bore centerfire of the time. mr. Newton (- "The Father of High Velocity") had his hand in the development the 250-3000 ("...fastest cartridge in the world!"), and obviously "had the (burning) need for speed". Scaling down the size of the bore (still) seems like a very logical way to achieve more speed, so a .228 bore size introduced lightening-class speed into the new world of smokeless gunpowder!
What a time to be a shooter!
Chas. Newton's connection with Arthur Savage is why that prototype model 1920 long action chamberedin 256 Newton is so intriguing. I can only imagine Mr. Savage must have been a bit of a speed freak himself, (Savage tires?) , and what exactly was Newton's "Leverbolt rifle" (a straight-pull bolt action), and maybe co-op marketing for some sort of unique hammerless leveraction??
