It appeared briefly in WinchesterвЂ™s Model 70 bolt-action. I have a Remington 81 autoloader and a 760 pump in. 300 Savage sold to the walls and remained the rifleвЂ™s most potent chambering for 30 years. Hunters didnвЂ™t seem to mind the 250 fps gap. 30-06 vigor from the short lever mechanism yet because of its stubby 0.221вЂі neck, the 1.871вЂі Savage case fell well shy of matching the capacity of the вЂ™06вЂ™s 2.494вЂі hull. 300 cartridge, in barrels rifled 1-in-12 (later, 1-in-10). The action was little changed, but this вЂњnewвЂќ rifle chambered the truly new. In 1920 Savage re-introduced its Model 1899 as the Model 99. The company also touted the вЂ™99вЂ™s accuracy, gracing its 1903 catalog with a 10-shot, 100-yard group 1-5/16' across. Rifle sales could turn on testimonials, like the 1901 letter from Teddy Roosevelt hailing his Model 1899 as вЂњthe handsomest and best turned out rifle I have ever had.вЂќ Given T.R.вЂ™s affinity for 18 Winchesters, such praise got a warm reception. SavageвЂ™s magazine permitted use of pointed bullets. With cartridge weight between the hands, balance was unaffected by cartridge count, shown in a window. Unlike tubes, this spool didnвЂ™t contact the barrel, so had no effect on accuracy. A coil mainspring - more durable than leaf springs then common - was first-ever on a commercial lever gun.ДЄ through-bolt held butt-stock to receiver more securely than did wood screws in tang extensions. As iron sights gave way to scopes, the 1895вЂ™s side ejection became a notable asset. Still, loading was easy through the ejection port. In lock-up, its bolt abutted the steel web at the rear of the forged receiver so it protected the shooter better than did other lever guns in the event of case failure. The 1895вЂ™s mechanism was almost fully enclosed. The CD Deluxe and H Featherweight arrived in 1905.

The 1899-F saddle-ring carbine was a hit. Barrel contours had letter designations - A for round, B for octagonal, C for half-octagonal. They appeared with barrels of 20вЂі to 28вЂі. SavageвЂ™s first catalog, circa 1900, listed the Model 1899 for $20. So similar was the new rifle to its predecessor for $5 Savage would fit the earlier version with a new bolt, hammer, sear and hammer indicator. About 6,000 rifles were built between 18, when Savage modified the action. The 1895 was catalogued with 20вЂі, 26вЂі and 30вЂі barrels in. A hunter in British Columbia claimed 18 kills using a box of 20 cartridges, with two grizzlies in the count. 308-diameter 190-grain bullets flew as fast as lighter bullets from early. The next year, Marlin Firearms Company supplied tooling and built the first Model 1895 Savage rifles, bored for the new. On April 5, 1894, he formed the Savage Repeating Arms Company in Utica, New York. Patents in 1893 described a prototype rifle in. He reduced magazine capacity to five for a trimmer profile and opened the lever for three fingers. However, convinced of the merits of his rifle, Savage reconfigured it for sportsmen. Savage submitted his repeater to ordnance trials but it lost to the Krag-Jorgensen bolt gun, which became the official U.S. A musket-style stock cradled a 29вЂі barrel. 1, a hammerless lever-action cycled with the little finger. 300 appeared concurrently 28 years after Arthur W.

In SavageвЂ™s Model 99 rifle, it would topple North AmericaвЂ™s toughest game for nearly eight decades. 30-06 and clearly superior to the ubiquitous. 300 Savage was a popular elk cartridge, in ballistic step with the. Indeed, a survey just before WWII showed the. Not that IвЂ™d bought into the myth only magnums upend elk. To be honest, though, I hadnвЂ™t expected the big bull to collapse instantly. IвЂ™d used it earlier on deer, pronghorns and caribou. 30 is quietly efficient, a deadly round with a storied past. No fire-breather, this stubby, light-recoiling. The bull took one more step and fell on his nose. A 180-grain round-nose Remington Core-Lokt trundled out the muzzle at 2,370 fps. I was out of вЂњalmosts.вЂќ As soon as his chest cleared the tree, I fired. Then - antlers! The bull stopped behind a fir. Suddenly, charitably, elk emerged in a grassy slip between hogbacks.

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