Craig Boddington was the senior contributing editor of our modern gun and ammunition caliber dictionary. Craig was involved in the development and testing of many of these and writes from first hand experience. This dictionary was written exclusively for Wholesale Hunter with unique information found nowhere else.
GUN CALIBER DICTIONARY
Rifle Ammo
303 Savage
The rimmed .303 Savage was introduced in 1894 in the Savage Model 1895, forerunner to the famous Savage Models 1899 and 99. Unlike the .303 British's .311-inch bullet, the .303 Savage is a true American .30-caliber using a .308-inch bullet. Ballistics are extremely similar to its contemporary Winchester cartridge, the famous .30-30, which it preceded by a year. The .303 Savage was The .303 Savage is a rimmed, .30 caliber rifle cartridge developed by the Savage Arms Company in 1894 which was designed as a short action cartridge for their popular Savage Model 99 hammerless lever-action rifle. The cartridge was designed for smokeless powder, and was a popular sporting cartridge until replaced by the much faster .300 Savage in 1920. The rotary magazine of the Savage action allowed use of spitzer bullets, so the .303 Savage has a ballistic advantage over the .30-30, but despite Arthur Savage's best efforts it never became as popular. — Craig Boddington
