.300 Savage kills again!

Joe Demko · November 27, 2001, 09:12 AM

Yesterday, I bagged an outstanding buck whitetail with my .300 Savage Model 99. Over 200 pounds, an extraordinarily heavy rack, and mature...probably about 5 or 6 years old. Nonetheless, he dropped where he stood with a single shot. Let no one doubt, the .300 Savage Model 99 is the finest deer rifle in all history.

Dogger · November 27, 2001, 10:07 AM

Congratulations!

But tell us more... what load did you use, and what was the range to the prize?

Art Eatman · November 27, 2001, 11:37 AM

Let us take foot in hand and wend our way over to "The Hunt".

, Art

TheSniper · January 17, 2002, 07:52 PM

.300 savage is one hell of a gun. my dads got one he uses some years for hunting. Glad to see he isnt the only one.

Model 99 with the rotary magazine right?

MeekAndMild · January 17, 2002, 10:34 PM

Sad to see this one go into history. Are there any new rifles still made for it?

labgrade · January 17, 2002, 11:37 PM

Loads for my TC .309 JDJ & Rem M7 (w/18.5" bbl) are 165s right at 2400 fps ... right in there for The Savage or .30-40 Krag.

Kills stuff all day long. Other than the bigger stuff that likes to quickly bite back, I'd use it for anything on the continent (this continent, not The Continent

).

Decent bullet in the right spot & things die.

November 27, 2001, 09:12 AM	#1
Joe Demko Senior Member Join Date: September 14, 2000 Posts: 1,143	.300 Savage kills again! Yesterday, I bagged an outstanding buck whitetail with my .300 Savage Model 99. Over 200 pounds, an extraordinarily heavy rack, and mature...probably about 5 or 6 years old. Nonetheless, he dropped where he stood with a single shot. Let no one doubt, the .300 Savage Model 99 is the finest deer rifle in all history.

January 17, 2002, 10:34 PM	#5
MeekAndMild Senior Member Join Date: August 2, 2001 Posts: 4,988	Sad to see this one go into history. Are there any new rifles still made for it? __________________ In a few years when the dust finally clears and people start counting their change there is a pretty good chance that President Obama may become known as The Great Absquatulator. You heard it first here on TFL.

November 27, 2001, 10:07 AM	#2
Dogger Senior Member Join Date: August 28, 1999 Location: Virginia Posts: 481	Congratulations! But tell us more... what load did you use, and what was the range to the prize?

November 27, 2001, 11:37 AM	#3
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	Let us take foot in hand and wend our way over to "The Hunt". , Art

January 17, 2002, 07:52 PM	#4
TheSniper Member Join Date: August 17, 2001 Posts: 85	.300 savage is one hell of a gun. my dads got one he uses some years for hunting. Glad to see he isnt the only one. Model 99 with the rotary magazine right?

January 17, 2002, 11:37 PM	#6
labgrade Member In Memoriam Join Date: November 29, 1999 Location: west of a small town, CO Posts: 4,346	Loads for my TC .309 JDJ & Rem M7 (w/18.5" bbl) are 165s right at 2400 fps ... right in there for The Savage or .30-40 Krag. Kills stuff all day long. Other than the bigger stuff that likes to quickly bite back, I'd use it for anything on the continent (this continent, not The Continent ). Decent bullet in the right spot & things die.