The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - .303 Savage to 30-30 ?

bamaranger · August 23, 2014, 02:26 AM

I was checking out a country gun store up in PA while on a trip recently and came upon a Savage 99 carbine, straight grip, barrel band (looked like off a 10/22!) kinda rough, kinda bubba'd.
The price was horrible, as were all the prices in this shop, but it got me thinking.

Seems like I read that one of the name hunting guides and shooters had a 99 in .303, rechambered to 30-30 and gave it to his boy.

Now....I'm not going to buy that rifle, unless the guy would sell it for 2/3 rd's his asking price, so this is just for conversations sake. Would .303 to 30-30 in a 99 be a big job? What would be entailed in this conversion, What might a ball park figure be for such work?

I have some .303 Sav cases in my collection, and they appear much like the .30-30.

August 23, 2014, 02:26 AM	#1
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,312	.303 Savage to 30-30 ? I was checking out a country gun store up in PA while on a trip recently and came upon a Savage 99 carbine, straight grip, barrel band (looked like off a 10/22!) kinda rough, kinda bubba'd. The price was horrible, as were all the prices in this shop, but it got me thinking. Seems like I read that one of the name hunting guides and shooters had a 99 in .303, rechambered to 30-30 and gave it to his boy. Now....I'm not going to buy that rifle, unless the guy would sell it for 2/3 rd's his asking price, so this is just for conversations sake. Would .303 to 30-30 in a 99 be a big job? What would be entailed in this conversion, What might a ball park figure be for such work? I have some .303 Sav cases in my collection, and they appear much like the .30-30.