.303 Savage

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The .303 Savage is a rimmed, .30 caliber rifle cartridge developed by the Savage Arms Company in 1894, which was designed as a short (as short as the .30-30 Winchester) action cartridge for their Savage Model 99 hammerless lever-action rifle. The cartridge was designed for smokeless powder at a time when black-powder cartridges were still popular. The .303 Savage using heavier 190 grain bullets had a reputation of being better on heavy game than the .30-30 Win, but it was considered a marginal difference. Savage produced a half dozen loads for it. With its 190-grain loading, it was used on such animals as deer and moose. Despite the similar names, the .303 Savage and the .303 British cartridge are not interchangeable due to differences in case dimensions and bullet diameter. Despite its name, the .303 Savage uses a .308 in (7.8 mm) diameter bullet, while the .303 British uses a slightly larger .312 in (7.92 mm) bullet and gets its name from having a land diameter of .303 in (7.70 mm). Additionally...

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