What is there to say about rifle cartridges that start in .300? The world is full of them. The .300 Winchester Magnum, the .300 HAM’R, the .300 Blackout. But in the beginning there was the .300 Savage. The Savage Model 99 in .300 savage was an attempt to get .30-06 power in lever action platforms. At that point, hunters and shooters made the .300 Savage one of the most popular big game cartridges. However, they shifted their preference to the suspiciously similar .308 Winchester when it hit the marketThe demise of the Savage 99 should’ve been the end of the .300 Savage. But some twenty-five years after its death knell, the .300 Savage is not quite dead yet. Here is the story of the .300 Savage cartridge and how it stacks up to the latest contenders.
