Originally Posted by Calhoun
Anybody with old cartridge books ever run across mention of the person who designed the 300 Savage cartridge? And when? Probably 1920, maybe 1919 or 1921 - it was introduced in 1921 if that helps.

We know Charles Newton designed Savage's 22 High Power around 1911, and the 250-3000 a couple years later in 1914. Just not sure who did the 300 Savage. Newton again, or an in-house engineer or ???. Lots of "rumors" including Arthur Savage desgned it himself, but since he'd left the company 15 years earlier that seems unlikely. grin

Thanks.


I agree with Rory, it seems unlikely that Arthur Savage would have designed a new cartridge for Savage so long after he had left the company. If a respected pre-WW2 gun writer like Ned Crossman, Paul Curtis, Phil Sharpe or Townsend Whelen had written a piece on the history of the 300 Savage cartridge and name Arthur Savage as the designer, I would be much more likely to believe it. Even though Charles Newton had designed the 22HP and 250-3000 for Savage, it seems likely that he was fully engaged in his own company and his own line of rifles and cartridges to have time to consult with Savage during the period of time when the 300 Savage was designed.