22 savage , model 1899 , what would you hunt with it

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So I have a Savage take down lever gun in 22 savage HP . I also have about a dozen boxes of factory hunting ammo for it.

Nice gun and in good functioning condition. BUT my question is, what would be a suitable hunting application for it. I don't want to sell this one and would like to take it along hunting BC coastal blacktails.

Your thoughts?
 
I'd imagine you'd be alright for blacktails assuming you're relatively close and make a well placed shot to the vitals. Would it be my first choice for small, deer sized game, no, but it would do in a pinch.
 
Similar ballistics as a 223 I believe. It will kill a black tail at reasonable ranges but their are much better choices. I think most bullet choices for that cartridge are geared more for small game and varmints up to coyotes.
This is not from experience though...just what I've read about them.
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It is used in Europe on Roe deer which are about 70lbs or so. Coastal Blacktails cover a wide range - you can get small ones on the various Gulf Islands all the way up to big brutes a little ways inland on the mainland. So it varies. Just remember that the bore diameter is .227" so "regular" .22 bullets may not work well. Norma, Sellier & Bellot and Hornady make bullets in the 70 to 71gr range.
 
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My blacktail deer hunting consists of sitting in ambush. Typical ranges under 30 yards.
I'm aware of "better choices/calibers" of course. In fact I generally use a shorty custom .303 with 180's as boiler room shots usually drop them like a sack of bricks in the steep terrain where I hunt. LOL

Just tryin to find a use for this ol gal and I'm not familiar with the round. Sure does resemble a 223 round now that I'm stopping to think about it a lil more LOL
 
she will make you a fine black tail rig .my grandfather used a 2520 and my uncle and granddads brother both had 22 high powers and thy all killed white tails every year to feed the family .I do know for sure of one moose and two bears thy were taken with the 22 hp the moose was a cow grandma still has pictures of the three of them with the cow ,my grandads brother had a muffler on his 22 hp the end was threaded and it screwed right on the end of the barrel .I asked my uncle about this but he did not have to much to say about it and did not have any idea were it may have ended up ,be a neat find today , lol .Grandma got moved to a home last year so I may look into getting a copy of this pic if I can find out were it got to or who has it ,Dutch
 
I've posted this photo and info in past and it's not a hunt I'd purposefully do with a .22 Savage High Power as it's pushing the boundaries of the envelope to the extreme.



In the 30's & 40's, a Mrs. Betty Wendle of Barkerville was well known for her forte of hunting Grizzly and her choice for the task was a 99 Savage, in .22 Savage High Power. Visiting their home in the mid 50's, she had four trophy Grizzly mounts hanging in the stairwell to the upstairs in their house.
 
According to some here today, nothing smaller than a 375 should be considered for Grizzly bears. I'm sure she could have taught a few lessons about hunting.
 
Me? Varmints, all manner of rodentry, coyote, fox, etc. It wouldn't be my first choice for deer, and the regs may not even allow it. But if it were my only rifle and legal, I'd be very careful to pick my shots on deer.
 
I used mine for my varmint rig for a couple of years when my eyes were still young and the 2.5x Savage scope wasn't an issue. I need more x these days so the old gal is stabled with my other old irons. The take down feature is moot with the Stith mount but I have no need to break it down anyway. I still have several boxes of factory ammo and Remington and Speer .228 bullets for it and will stretch her out again one day.
 
The best blacktail hunter I know uses a 22-250 and aims for the neck or behind the ear at similar ranges to those you described. YMMV
 
The old CIL loading was a 70 gr bullet at 2800 fps with 1220 ft lbs muzzle energy and 925 ft lbs at 100 yds. About the same as the factory load for the .25-35 Winchester. More energy than the .32-40, .38-40, .44-40.

Inside 100 yds it will kill deer easily with a neck shot or behind the shoulder shot.
 
My grandfather shot a moose with one and is brother in law shot many deer and elk with one. Dad said they also wounded more deer then you could shake a stick at over the years also. He seen them blow the ham off a deer a couple of times and have to track the deer down. So it works if you shoot them in the right place.
 
I have the swaging gear to make .228 bullets because they can be hard to find at times, I'll be hunting coastal deer with a .228 variant hopefully this fall, 70 grain bonded core flat base bullets
 
Thx for the reply's fellas.
Have a non take down model 99 in 300 savage as well with boxes of CIL ammo that I might take hunting this fall too. Cool rifles to go along with my old 25rem pump gun. :)
 
Not to derail the thread, but I've been really eyeing up one of those Brno .22 Savage Hi Power over 12 gauge combos at Tradex, and this is the first conversations about the old .22 HP I've seen... So, tagged.
 
Johnn Peterson said:
I've posted this photo and info in past and it's not a hunt I'd purposefully do with a .22 Savage High Power as it's pushing the boundaries of the envelope to the extreme.



In the 30's & 40's, a Mrs. Betty Wendle of Barkerville was well known for her forte of hunting Grizzly and her choice for the task was a 99 Savage, in .22 Savage High Power. Visiting their home in the mid 50's, she had four trophy Grizzly mounts hanging in the stairwell to the upstairs in their house.
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I'll see your grizzly, and raise you a maneating tiger,

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Karamojo Bell also wrote in his books about shooting buffalo in the lungs with one. Personally I wouldn't use one on anything larger than a coyote or very small deer.
 
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