I know it isn’t a Savage but it is a Savage Classic cartridge. What you see below is my newest addition to the safe a M93 Mauser chambered in .300 Savage! Some Bubba did a real hack job on the original 93 rifle and had a severely pitted trigger guard and floor plate, and was in stuck in a K98 laminated stock. I saw something in this rifle with 6 holes D&T in the receiver rings but didn’t know what, but I bought it anyway for more money than I should have paid $50 was what I negotiated to.

I then took the rifle to a friend of mine that wants to be a gunsmith and had him tear it down so I could start salvaging the action. Basically all I wound up for my money was the receiver, bolt, trigger, floor plate release, spring, and pin. I still have the stock but don’t know what I’ll ever do with it I guess I could bed a M98 back into it.

So I set on this action for a couple of years until one day I was cruising AR forums and a guy named Vapodog had a small ring barrel in .30-06. He does a lot of custom work on his own rifles and so I asked him if he thought I could put it on a M93 and set it back far enough to cut a .300 Savage chamber since it probably isn’t smart to leave it an 06 on that action. He said there was plenty of shank to do it so he sold me the barrel which he thought was a brand new A&B barrel for $45 shipped.

Now I just had to find some sucker to work on it cheap for me. So back to the friend who tore it down for me. He installed a new bolt handle, filled a couple of holes, milled me a new rear base, removed the charging hump, cut the old threads off, rethreaded the barrel, and chambered it in .300 Sav for $200. I did have to pay for the reamer rental separate from 4D.

He had it in a Ramline synthetic stock for him to test fire and he kicked in the Trashco scope when he handed me back the barreled action. I had ordered a laminate stock from Richard’s to bed this rifle in. Anyway here is some of the work I’ve done to it since I got it back a couple of weeks ago. I’m ready to spot bed this rifle and shoot it, before I go further on the stock. I feel like I didn’t do half bad for my first attempt at shaping a rifle stock.

Here is my little rifle finally fitting in the stock!
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Here it is with the start of my wood working project about 4 hours behind me.
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Finally finished, the rough shaping that is!
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Here is the link to the rest of my progress pictures. http://www.myhostedpics.com/gallery....1&g=300-Savage

I’ve installed a Bold 94/96 trigger as of last night, and I’m going to try and get it prepped for spot bedding tonight. Hope to be shooting this for groups at the range by a week from Saturday. I’ll need to take it back to my buddy or another gunsmith to get them to put the speed lock kit in it that I ordered to make it cock on open.

I’m thinking this rifle will be great with 130 grain bullets for just about anything. Hornady 130’s for deer and smaller, 130 Barnes TTSX for elk. Think this might be my 7 year old daughter’s first big game rifle with some of the light weight bullets available today shouldn’t beat her up in the recoil department either. If anyone has any recommendations for a decent hunting load let me know please!

Mods, I know this isn’t really a cartridge discussion but I didn’t know where else this one fit in. If you need to move it feel free.