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Dang, someone scratched up that .32/40 real bad, you oughta see if someone can buff those scratches out.

Calhoun, one of the prettiest bucks I ever seen and I'm not a youngster. powdr

Hi shaman,

You have a gorgeous rifle chambered for an excellent big game cartridge.

Wisdom has done caught me. A fast-handling, lightweight .308 Win is perfect for all Western big game hunting. I do love my Sako rifles, but up high were air is thin and breathing labored, a ham sandwich is heavy. I could put your rifle to good use.

I've also learned the wisdom of closing distance and shooting at a 100 yards than farther.

Imagine all the largest of big game animals that were reduced to table fare by the .300 Savage. Now .300 Savage bullets bounce off of big game.

Sadly, I regret to opine that your friend is right: the excellent .300 Savage might just be dropped from ammo manufacturers' lines.

The American icon Model 99 in .300 Savage was the perfect rifle/cartridge combo when hunting skills were required.

shaman, I hope your rifle brings to you many years of fabulous hunting seasons. It is an excellent rifle chambered for an excellent cartridge.

Steelhead,

That is one classic big game rifle, with a peep sight, that has proved itself where it counts: in hunting fields. That nice buck obviously wasn't clued in that the .300 Savage isn't more than suitable big game medicine.

Don't get me wrong, please. I appreciate the 300 Savage and I agree that it'll get the job done in most situations:

That said, the 300 Savage will not do anything that can NOT be done with a 308 Win. It can be loaded down to savage performance levels.

Personally I wish the 99 had NOT been discontinued BUT the 300 Savage can be loaded FOR a long time in the future.


Jerry

short 99 Savage story,my dear old neighbor Benny who killed many deer and some moose with his 99-300 was coming to the end of his hunting days,so I always made sure old Benny and his wife got plenty wild game meat ,they just loved wild game meat. about 25 years ago the weekend before Minnesota rifle deer season friends ,neighbors and relatives came over to my place to sight there rifles in on my 100 yard range,many times I did helped them and shoot their rifles for them. well old Benny at over 80 years old always came over too and the 1st time Benny came over one year he brought his old trusty Savage 99 with a old weaver 4x scope on it and asked me to see how the old girl would shoot and he handed me 5 shells from his pant`s pocket and none of them were a match brass or bullets. when I looked thru the scope it look like it was raining and that day was still and sunny so I put the rifle on my cement bench and on my front and back rests,i had never handled a 99 before and with this old scope I was just hoping to hit 9x11 sheet of paper but I had a 1 1/2 bulleye in the middle ,so I tried my hardest for old Benny to shoot his rifle well and to my surprise the first shot hit the bulleyes high and when I shot the other 4 shoots I had a 1 inch group high in the bulleyes,old Benny said that`s good enough and put that old 99 back in his car. since that day I have always had a lot of respect for Savage 99`s and now I plan on buying a Savage 99 243 from Fireball2 ! and yes I am excited !

Never was a fan of the 308 in the 99. Seen too many get sticky.

Pass me the 300 Savage, all day, everyday.

They're even great rifles to take with you whilst fishing.

Bamboo and steel. Late 50's 99F in 308






Rainy days. The old takedown 99F in 300

Well Steely, IF you down load the 308 to 300 Savage performance.....

it won’t be sticky.

Jerry

WTF would I do that when I can just shoot a 300 Savage?

Perhaps you like to own stuff that don't work as it should, I don't

I can't even load a 300 savage load past mid range in a model 99. Too much spring in the action.

They Handel like a 30/30 kill like a 30/40.

I've heard that.

The 358 Win in a 99 I had did not suffer from that. I was able to load full throttle loads, killed deer & turkey with it.


Jerry

300 Savage vs 308 in 99's... 300 has half the kick, 90% of the power, and both kill deer almost identically. 308 handles heavier bullets much better.

Nothing wrong with either one. I hunt with a 300 Savage, and the only two times I've needed a second shot is when I failed to place the first shot where it belongs. 23 deer killed so far with it, two needed a second shot.

Indeed, the .300 is pretty close to an ideal deer cartridge. When I want more .30 performance, I step up to a bigger cartridge, bypassing the .308 and going right to .30-06. I'm one of those rare people who never saw the need for the .308 since I owned more '06's and .300's over the years than Carter's got Little Liver Pills.

Very interesting about the 358 handling loads......

I always pondered that......

Perhaps why Marlin jumped their ER model to the 356 in lieu of a more necked down caliber...

The bigger the bore........the sweeter the whore?

I feel only gnoahh is qualified 2 comment at this point.....pardon the pun.

I run a few 99's pretty hard and they work fine. I don't get all this talk.

I don’t get what you don’t get.

All this talk about Savage 99 actions being weak and running mild loads only.

Not weak, IMO, but not the bastions of strength that a good bolt gun is either. They are a little "stretchy" but no worries thereof as long as the user isn't an idiot and tries to make his .300 Savage perform like a .300 magnum. Any rear locking lever gun bolt is going to move more than a front locking bolt.

99's were chambered in some righteously high pressure cartridges- .22-250, .284, .308, .358. I never ever heard of one coming unglued.

not picking a fight but i don't get the springy action idea. seems to handle the 284 winchester, 375 winchester , 308 winchester without noticeable movement of the shoulder on the bottlenecks , or lengthening of the 375.
the 284 and the 308 aren't exactly low power cartridges.