Savage 99EG in .300 Savage

**jimm7007** · 05-23-2013, 04:17 PM

I just bought subject rifle. I am initially using Winchester Super X 150 grain cartridges while I get reloading items together. I have experienced several instances, when loading my usual 3 rounds in the gun, that I get a jam on the first round going into chamber and have to reseat the round in the rotary holder...then it loads fine. Has anyone experienced this? Any corrections needed?

**wbm** · 05-23-2013, 06:13 PM

Is the brass full length resized? Does it jam when only one or two rounds are in the rotary magazine?

**jimm7007** · 05-23-2013, 06:25 PM

I have not fired any reloads in the gun. I checked the OAL of five of the factory Winchester 150 GR cartridges from the same box that experienced the jam (it does not do it every time). They were 2.570, 2.568, 2.565, 2.565 and 2.565. I will try loading just one or two and see how that works and advise. Thanks.

**jimm7007** · 05-24-2013, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by jimm7007

I have not fired any reloads in the gun. I checked the OAL of five of the factory Winchester 150 GR cartridges from the same box that experienced the jam (it does not do it every time). They were 2.570, 2.568, 2.565, 2.565 and 2.565. I will try loading just one or two and see how that works and advise. Thanks.

I tried several combinations of 1,2 and 3 of the Winchester rounds in the gun. I still got sporadic jamming where the front of the bullet (lead) would hang up on the rather square surface going into the barrel. In each case the lead was deformed by the square surface. I then trimmed down the lead point of the bullets to 2.510, 2.502 and 2.503 OAL. All fed just fine so I guess the issue is that the gun does not like the Winchester (and Lee Reloader Book) of 2.6 minimum OAL. I am going to load up a few Sierra rounds in once-shot Winchester cases (case sized) at both the 2.6 and 2.5 OAL and try that.....

**jimm7007** · 05-27-2013, 09:41 AM

I fired several of the stock Winchester 150 GR cartridges and several reloads with the Sierra 150 GR. In the process, I found out that by simply not cycling the first round rapidly into the chamber, the jams were eliminated. It seems that, for the first round, just moving the lever up more slowly allows the bullet to correctly align with the chamber. Subsequent rounds worked fine. Issue resolved. Thanks for input.