| .300 Savage | |
| Origin: | United States |
| Type: | Rifle |
| Designer: | Savage Arms |
| Manufacturer: | Savage Arms |
| Production Date: | 1920–present |
| Parent: | .250 Savage [1] |
| Case Type: | Rimless, bottleneck |
| Bullet: | .308 |
| Neck: | .339 |
| Shoulder: | .446 |
| Base: | .471 |
| Rim Dia: | .473 |
| Case Length: | 1.871 |
| Length: | 2.60 |
| Rifling: | 1-10 in |
| Primer: | Large rifle |
| Case Capacity: | 52.5 |
| Max Pressure: | 52939 |
| Pressure Method: | C.I.P. |
| Max Pressure2: | 47000 |
| Pressure Method2: | SAAMI[2] |
| Bw1: | 150 |
| Btype1: | Remington Core-Lokt soft point factory load |
| Vel1: | 2630 |
| En1: | 2303 |
| Bw2: | 150 |
| Btype2: | Hornady Superperformance SST factory load |
| Vel2: | 2740 |
| En2: | 2500 |
| Bw3: | 180 |
| Btype3: | Federal soft point factory load |
| Vel3: | 2350 |
| En3: | 2207 |
| Bw4: | 150 |
| Btype4: | FMJ hand load |
| Vel4: | 2765 |
| En4: | 2547 |
| Bw5: | 165 |
| Btype5: | PSPCL hand load |
| Vel5: | 2676 |
| En5: | 2624 |
| Test Barrel Length: | 24 |
| Balsrc: | Midway USA (factory loads)[3] Accurate Powder (hand loads)[4] |
The .300 Savage cartridge is a rimless, .30 caliber rifle cartridge developed by Savage Arms in 1920. It was designed to replace the less powerful .303 Savage in their popular Savage Model 1899 hammerless lever-action rifle,[5] which they started to produce again as Model 99, as well as the new Savage Model 1920 bolt-action rifle. Despite having a short case in order to fit the original Model 99 magazine[6] and a rather stumpy neck, the cartridge is capable of propelling a 150gr bullet at over 2600ft/s with an effective range of over 300yards.[7]
Pressure level for the .300 Savage is set by SAAMI at 46,000 CUP.[8]