.300 savage?
- Thread starter Alberta Bigbore
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I know an old retired big game guide who guided from the 1950s to the 1980s in the Chilcotin and he said he saw more moose killed with a 300 Savage than anything else.
He also claimed the 270 to be the worst calibre he'd ever seen for wounding moose.
He also claimed the 270 to be the worst calibre he'd ever seen for wounding moose.
- Location
- Eastern Edge of the Foothills
To medvedqc:
Then lets just say you're likely in the first group I mentioned.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Then lets just say you're likely in the first group I mentioned.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
sorry im not in that group and i consider myself a connaisseur.
as talking beer (i ve been in some places in europe with monks you dont even imagine ...) never tried to be drunk with beer ....
we can agree to disagree on a caliber without telling that im drinking beer only to be drunk ...unless you re on the upper class side we re both equals with differences ....
- Location
- Eastern Edge of the Foothills
Whoah man, didn't mean to cross a line there. Sorrry if I did.
Sometimes a friendly ribbing can go too far. No offence intended.
Sometimes a friendly ribbing can go too far. No offence intended.
Dorian Gray
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Meh, i'm not getting into this arguement. What i will say is that i have no problem taking my .300 Savage hunting for any big game animal in Canada except for the big bears. It's a great cartridge and if you use it within 200-250 yards, with the approriate bullets and powders, it'll kill whatever you're shooting at. Get one OP.
i ve seen big polar bears taken by 222, 303 and 30-30 so i don t think is a bad idea about 300 savage even if i prefer to have in hands the 375 ruger ....
In Waters book Pet Loads he uses the 300 Savage as his ideal power and effiecency cartridge for Whitetail. He wrote an article about downloading the other magnums and such to 300 levels for his benchmark for Whitetail.
The only one I shot was an older Savage lever. It was a pleasure in a fine handling rifle. I grew up in northern alberta and when i was a kid the 30-30 was a well regarded hunting rifle. That meant anything a guy would hunt. The 303 was considered a great moose rifle with heavy weight Dominion bullets. The 300 Savage falls right in the middle or toward the 303 range. Makes it a big game rifle in my book.
The whole A=B=C=D argument was real interesting. In the 30 cal lineup I consider those capable of good performance with 220 grain bullets as having an edge only because of the added flexibility.
The only one I shot was an older Savage lever. It was a pleasure in a fine handling rifle. I grew up in northern alberta and when i was a kid the 30-30 was a well regarded hunting rifle. That meant anything a guy would hunt. The 303 was considered a great moose rifle with heavy weight Dominion bullets. The 300 Savage falls right in the middle or toward the 303 range. Makes it a big game rifle in my book.
The whole A=B=C=D argument was real interesting. In the 30 cal lineup I consider those capable of good performance with 220 grain bullets as having an edge only because of the added flexibility.
I used a 300 Savage 1950's model 99 scoped up with a Tasco for my early years of hunting. I still have it and its not for sale or give away. I have been hunting with a Remington 700 30-06 since I had enough money to buy one.
The Savage killed game but was fricken heavy to carry around and was a great 100-150 yd gun that shoots a group the size of a tooney at 100 yds.
My Rem puts it into a quarter at 100 yds and reaches out to 250-300 yds with confidence.
Guess which gun I hunt with?
The Savage killed game but was fricken heavy to carry around and was a great 100-150 yd gun that shoots a group the size of a tooney at 100 yds.
My Rem puts it into a quarter at 100 yds and reaches out to 250-300 yds with confidence.
Guess which gun I hunt with?
