I do remember reading although I can’t remember where, that the 300 Savage was tested extensively as a light machine gun round in the late 40’s.
As I remember, it seems that there were feeding issues with the 300 Savage having something to do with the neck.
A result of this testing resulted in the birth of the 308 Winchester.
Now, I probably don’t have all of the details correct concerning the issue because it’s been awhile since I read that but someone on here would know and could refresh my memory.
> what a older engineer at Federal Cartridge explained to me in detail was the 300 Savage was an excellent candidate to use in a machine gun and the U.S. military almost used the 300 Savage instead of the 308 Winchester, but Washington dirty politics and money under the table made the decision for our military to use the 308 Winchester instead. and now today its name seems to have change too ? a Grin and a head shake
