Posts: 8354 | Location: Jennings Louisiana, Arkansas by way of Alabama by way of South Carloina by way of County Antrim Irland by way of Lanarkshire Scotland. | Registered: 02 November 2001
Done all by a 300 savage... not much more than a 30-30, imagine that. Many on this forum would have him with a 300 WhatEverTheHellTheNextBestUltramagCartridgeOfTheWeekIs magnum... you know... the holy grail of cartridges just discovered this week, the only suitable cartridge for taking deer and up.
Posts: 2045 | Location: West most midwestern town. | Registered: 13 June 2001
Nickudu.. Thanks a lot, great story. Some of my fathers family emigratet to Alaska and Washington at the same time and I have heard the stories of the hardship they endured. But as times were bad back here in Norway, many ( the most adventures and free minded I guess ) opted for a better way of life in US and Candada.
Posts: 1881 | Location: Southern Coast of Norway. | Registered: 02 June 2000
We had several .300 Savage shooters in my family when I was a youngster in the 40s and 50s. They used both the Savage M99 lever gun and the Savage M20 bolt gun. My one "racy" uncle had a Winchester M70 in .300 H&H.
Those hunters used the .300 Savage because it was designed to equal original .30'06 ballistics in a short action rifle. It definitely kills game dead.
The Army started with the .300 Savage cartridge in their development work for the 7.62X51/.308 Win.
jim dodd
Posts: 4166 | Location: San Diego, CA USA | Registered: 14 November 2001
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