A scope on a 99? People actually do that? Just kidding. The old man had a scope on everything he shot except for his concealed side arms. Looks like I will be too before to long. My eyes seem to be following the same dreadful close up path. But yes for your purposes there would be really no appreciable difference. Other than maybe ammo availability. I would imagine the .300 savage is getting pretty hard to come by unless you reload.