$2 per round for 300 savage??

STORMINORMAN said:
I'm not sure that "they" all "stopped making guns" in 300 Savage "50 years ago"...?

(Remington Model 7000 CDL SF #84038, Savage Model 110 50th Anniversary : 2008):cool:

Cheers!

P.S. IMHO "they" should continue making ammunition available, if only in limited quanties or in special production runs, as long as there are willing buyers... As previously indicated 308 brass can be reformed, but NOT ALL ENTHUSIASTS ARE RELOADERS.
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“They” are making the ammo. The complaint is that it is expensive. The reason for that is that “they” have to stop producing ammo that feeds millions of guns and retool to make a run of ammo for a couple of thousand guns. Someone has to pay for the diversion of resources from producing ammo that is heavily in demand to the production of ammo that is not in great demand. That someone is the purchaser. The cost of materials is the same for all the ammo that is produced at any one time so what that 2$ a round is basically paying for is increased labor and loss of production of something else. It’s just the cost of using a gun that is not in general production.
 
Of course the only answer is to reload your own. The older and more obsolete the cartridge is the harder it is to acquire even when things were normal. I have a couple of old rifles that I have feed, including this Savage 99EG 300 Savage.

 
I am sure there are a few of us that own a "Oldie but goodie" that we like to shoot or even hunt with if it will do the job.

There are tons of .30 caliber's out there plus weapons down to the smaller 6mm and .243, that I am having trouble finding on the shelf's.

I don't even wan't to look up the price of my 30-40 Krag ammo, at this time or a .30 Remington.

However I will start looking for ammo when Christmas comes around, again.
 
Yesterday I found a box of NOS Speer 150 gr for $1.50 per rd. They also had a box of NOS Winchester .32 WS 170 gr Silver Tips for the same price. Snagged both.
 
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I have two rifles in .300 Savage. One great thing about that caliber (at least for reloaders) is that .300 S cases can be very easily formed from .308/7.62 NATO brass. One pass through a .300 Savage FL die followed by a case neck cut (I use a tubing cutter) and a TTL. This is because there is little difference between the .300 S and the .308 cases, except for the case neck length and the shoulder angle. Very little difference in ballistics also. And you need never worry about .300 S ammo availability again if you are a reloader. Yesterday, I made up 35 more .300 S cases (like I really need any more) from range pickup .308 cases. You can nearly always easily find .308 cases at many ranges. Some may know that after WWII, the U. S. Army developed the 7.62 NATO case using the .300 Savage as the basis. But they later decided a longer case neck would be better for use with automatic weapons.

"I don't even wan't to look up the price of my 30-40 Krag ammo, at this time or a .30 Remington." If you happen to have a lathe or access to one (which I do), it's fairly simple to make .30 Rem cases from .30-30 cases. All that's needed is to turn down the rim to base diameter and then cut an extractor groove, about a two minute job. They can even be loaded using .30-30 dies. I have made several hundred of them. Regarding the .30-40, I haven't done it as I have nothing chambered in .30-40, but I think cases can be made from .303 British, except the case neck will be a little shorter.
 
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