A friend of mine was lamenting to me today about how expensive .303 Savage ammo was, if you could find it. He has his Grandfather's Model 1899 and would like to be able to shoot it. Of course, I mentioned the possibility of me loading rounds for it if he bought the dies and components. Then I started doing some research. Apparently, factory brass for this old round may be harder to find than hens teeth. I was told that 30-30 brass can be reformed to make .303 savage but when I looked on the internet there was references made to using 220 swift brass for this purpose.

So I put it to the board. Is there anyone here loading for this old "obsolete" cartridge? If so, what are you using for components.

On another note, can anyone tell me the difference between the Savage Models 1899 and 99? I thought that the 99 was just an abbreviation of the 1899 nomenclature but apparently that is not so. In looking at pictures of the two models, they look identical to me.

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