[savageshooter]

Saw a buddy today, says he bought a savage bolt rifle in 303. said its not an old rifle, not the enfield style. i have not seen the rifle, or the bullets, but he said the bullets are on the style of the enfield. any clues, anyone?

 

[savageshooter]

gonna look at it tomarrow, well see what it is. try to take pictures

 

[Xd357]

Cool let us know what you find.

 

[SubGunFan]

303 British........... Military bullet is 174gr FMJ. Ammo is a little expensive now.

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[savageshooter]

reload, reload

 

[bubbat]

Never seen a bolt action Savage in 303 British or 303 Savage. Savage did make the 99 lever gun in 303 Savage not 303 British.

 

[Doug Bowser]

Could be a 340 or a 40 or 45 Super Sporter. The 340 was made in .30-30. The others in .30-06 and perhaps .303 Savage. Had a Model 45 Savage Super Sporter once. It kicked so hard it was no fun to shoot.

Doug

 

[bubbat]

If it is a newer rifle it could be a 110 in 300 Savage, they made a few to for the 50 anniv of the Model 110 a few years ago.

 

[savageshooter]

what we have here is an enfield mark 1 made by savage. someone put a synthitic sporter stock on it and a scope.nice looking rifle. got to see if i can get a DOM on it.

 

[busdude]

I had one of the savage / enfield rifles. It had property of U.S. or something like that stamped on the side of the ejection port. That supposedly made it more collectible... or so I was told.

 

[savageshooter]

Yep, it has those markings on it, but, the barrel has been cut and re crowned, sporter stock and scope. so, its really de-valued, but shoots good. 43 or 42 year.

 

[busdude]

Its still a cool rifle. I have a plain ole number 4 mark 1 that has been shortened/sporterized and crowned. No real value but nice shooter. You have bragging rights, yours is american made.