[mdn5]

I was told that my old savage (1925 .300 savage) is not safe to fire as the receiver may crack. Has anyone else heard this?

 

[Mad Dog]

Your reciever should be fine to shoot, it was made after the 90,000 serial number.

What happened is that some with pre-90,000 serial numbers cracked (I've never seen it happen) as Savage didn't start heat treating the recievers till this point.

I personally think this is just a vicious rumor!

 

[mdn5]

unfortunately ,or fortunately the serial # is 27,000 series

 

[Mad Dog]

Unfortunately your rifle has been bubba'd by someone, the 300 Savage wasn't even available back in your rifles serial number range. It's been rebarreled.

 

[mdn5]

Well before I read this I wenty out and fired a box and guess what. The primers on all the brass backed out a bit. Do you think this gun is salvageable? or could it be that there was too much pressure and the receiver was stretched out ? Anyone know a competent gunsmith in the New York area who can look at it ?

 

[mdn5]

by the way it was !!!! accurate

 

[Mad Dog]

Sounds like a headspace problem, most likely from swapping the barrels, you may have to get the barrel taken down a thread or two.

 

[Violator22]

Wondering what everybodys favorite caliber model 99 is, mine is 250-3000, have a 300.

 

[DANA]

22 Hp

DANA

 

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22 Hi Power dude, as it was claimed it'll kill anything from an Alaska moose to a Bengal tiger -like only if you hittem in the brain box -Alaska moose...geez.