For anyone who owns and shoots their Savage 1899-99 in 303, here is some new
information. As we all know the .303 SAV was originally loaded with a 190 grain
soft point bullet, and when production of them was discountinued in the mid to late
80’s we were all sunk for a lack of ammo. Well for reloaders there is good news, Barnes
Bullet company has just introduced a new .30 cal 190gr soft point in their “original” line,
and it is designed to operate at 30-30 type cartridge velocity’s. I was able to get a hold
of a couple boxes, and using load data that was found in a 43rd edition of a Lyman manual.
Which states (this is published data not my own concoction)

IMR 4064. Starting load: 30.0gr - max load: 32.0
Respective velocity’s. 1855 fps - 2025 fps


I have loaded and shot these bullets and am quite happy to be able to load and shoot
the original bullet weight for the cartridge.