The Life and Times of the Savage Model 99, One of Americas Greatest Lever Action

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A baby lever Henry .22 with his big uncles. In the foreground a .284 Win. and behind a 30-30 with a vintage Redfield 70H peep sight.

 

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A baby lever Henry .22 with his big uncles. In the foreground a .284 Win. and behind a 30-30 with a vintage Redfield 70H peep sight.
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Them's bootyfull!

 

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If you read enough you will find out that Savage made .303 Savage Jacketed ammo. in .311 , in the beginning
even though their barrels were .308 groove dia. This practice did not last long & they went to .308 dia.
I can't find the source 4 that right now but I have read it several times in the past.
Yes I collect 1899 Sav. rifles. I have 1 Montreal Home Guard with Bayonet . I have a Moose Horn Savage Cartridge Box
if you know what that is.

Reference for 303 Savage ammunition with 303 diameter bullets:

Handloader magazine, August/September 2019

".303 Savage,More Than a 30-30 Clone, by Terry Wieland"

From that article:

"According to Mike Nesbitt,who has researched this extensively,all 303 Savage groove diameters measure .308, but some loaded ammunition had bullets that measured .311 inch, including Remington and savage. This was because of the early American belief that jacketed bullets , a tighter fit would reduce bore erosion and increase velocity."