Originally Posted by DWalt

Savage 99s in .250-3000 are in high demand. I have a friend with one, he put it up for sale and it went immediately. It had a Stith scope mount on it, and that helped the sale. I wouldn't turn down any Savage chambered in .300 Savage or .303. Although factory ammo in either caliber is difficult to find, it is very simple to re-form .308 brass into .300 Sav, and .30-30 brass to .303 Sav. I have an older (1920s) Savage 99 takedown in .303 Savage, with a Marble tang peepsight. The .303 Savage is more or less ballistically equivalent to the .30-30, except the factory loads normally used a heavier 190 grain bullet which gave somewhat better penetration than the typical 170 grain .30-30 bullet. I remember reading something about Savage demonstrating the great penetration of that .303 Savage bullet by publicly shooting a large live bull. The bullet allegedly went all the way through the unfortunate bull lengthwise. I guess it must have been a FMJ.