Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors Which current production guns are chambered in 300 Savage?

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None that I know of



Mike

You might still find an American Classic Model 14 NIB in a 300 SAV though Savage hasn't manufactured any in several years.

Remington made a limited run of some bolt gun, probably a 700, a few years ago.

There is a NIB Rem 700 classic with a buy it now of $900 on one of the auction sites, Joe.

In that case I hereby dub me, my 1928 99G and all like minded who will join me: "Guardians of the 300"

Sweet Jesus, if you boys start dressing up like a Dungeons and Dragons festival I'm going to start shooting Winchesters.

Hah!

NO, I 've been to two Savagefests and these boys aren't the type to do dress up.

That's probably more of a Winchester thing if patrons at gun shows are used as a study sample.

This is as close to Dungeons and Dragons as it'll get for me. I'm headed to the range with somewhat less than current production .300's and thought I'd toss in a Marlin in 45-70 as my dungeon example.

I have built up some Cabelas points

Not much I want at Cabelas is at a good price.

But they occasionally have 300 Savage ammo at about $30.00 a box with free shipping

Savage made the 14 Classic in 300 Savage, but dropped it pretty quick. I have never seen one for sale anywhere, 700 Classics shouldnt be to hard to find in 300 Savage, but you will probably find more Remington 722s in 300 Savage than 700s.

Have seen two Remington 760's chambered for 300 Savage in the last couple months....

About 4 or 5 years ago Savage made a run of Weather Warriors in 250 and 300. I have one of the 250's and 2 of the 300's. You can still get any model rifle that Savage makes in 300 through the custom shop.

Remington also made the 81 and I believe the 742 in 300, but that's off topic since the question was about current production. Winchester also made a few Model 70's in 300 but they're rare and expensive.

I think the Remington Model 8 and 81 are kinda cool and have seen several in 300 Sav quite reasonable. I was about to post a new thread about the 8-81 so I'll do it here. Are they any good? Not a 99, but something different in 300, Joe.

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"Which current production guns are chambered in 300 Savage"?

A previous poster (6mm-250) said none. You can get one from the custom shop but that still does not qualify as "production".

Yeah, sometimes we get a little Off Topic. But that's what happens when you work at night and start drinking as soon as you get home, Joe.

Since the OP's question has been asked and answered, I'll reply to Joe's off the road-into-the-weeds question. The Remington 8/81 was a pretty ingenious gun, but had crummy balance IMO, and delivered weird recoil impulses when fired. I still like Loggah's comment from years ago when he likened it to "shooting a pogo stick". My buddy has an 8 in .32 Remington which is even more muzzle heavy than the 81, and I had an 81 in .300 a few years ago which I bought because it was cheap and sold because I just didn't care for it. It was accurate though.

The .300 is a great cartridge but I feel it shines only in short length bolt guns and Savages. I could never understand why a full length bolt gun or autoloader action would be chambered for a short cartridge.