300 savage ammunition

[99lover]

When did Savage last produce their 300 Savage ammunition? I bought some 300 Savage cases and several are head stamped "SAVAGE 300 S.A. CORP". Personally I have never seen any ammunition produced by Savage.

[J.Baker]

Savage branded ammunition production ended in 1963, though the Savage made ammo was only made for 27 years. The rest of the years were produced under contract by other makers.

1895 - 1899 Union Metallic Cartridge Co.
1900 - 1927 Savage Arms
1928 - 1934 The United States Cartridge Company
1935 - 1963 Remington Arms

Evidently from 1900 thru 1927 the ammunition industry refused to make ammunition for Savage, so they tooled up and made their own.

The first Savage caliber was .303 Savage, and the first rounds were made by UMC. The last caliber they introduced appears to have been the .270 Winchester Cartridge, in 1959, made for only four years.

All this from: “Savage Ammunition, Revised 3rd Edition,” by Peter L. Zimmerman, April 2002.

[99lover]

OK thanks. I guess the cases could be dated no later than 1963.