Hey all I got a couple questions about the .300 savage rifle. My grandmother has one (which was once my grandfathers) and it is quite old but in good condition. She is going to let me have it when I am old enough to own/use a gun. She knows nothing about it so I have a couple questions. First how is the recoil on this gun? Im only 13 so im sure it would put me on my butt if I tried to fire it but im just curious as to what its going to be like when im older. Another question is what kind of game can this rifle take? Im assuming it takes deer because my grandfather used to hunt deer with it but can it take other game animals as well? Pretty much all I want to know at this point, thanks all.

I don't know if this will help or not. I'm not sure if you have shot anything by your post but here goes. The recoil will depend on the weight of the rifle, weight of the bullet, but over all somewhere a little bit more that a 30-30. With 110-130 grain bullet it will do ok for varmits, with in a reasonably range will work on white tails and even black bears. I don't think I would want to use itfor elk or moose. I hope this helps

The .300 Savage is a great deer cartridge! It shouldn't be too bad of a thumper either!Recoil is going to dependon the type of rifle, stock type andweight, all things considered, the .300 Savage iseasy on the shoulder and hard on the deer, the draw back might be that it won't be easy to find ammo or it! BTW, what gun is it? If it is the Savage 99, you've got yourself a real keeper!

Not sure what kind it is, ill have to check next time im at my grandmothers.

I have quite a bit of carrying time with the 300 Savage. Its a heckuva good little round. Recoil isnt harsh and if it is you can always put a recoil pad on it and it will hammer deer with the best of them! As JagMag said..the only con would be availability and price of ammo. Dont ever feel undergunned with it...


I have knocked down a few deer with mine and its really an underrated round. The 308 sorta killed the popularity of it but thats not bad company to be in.

The 300 savage is a fine old deer cartridge as well a a good black bear cartridge. Like Rahns53 said, the recoil isn't bad at all. And too like he said it sounds like you haven't shot much. A good deal of first time shooters go out without proper supervision/guidance. I've seen more than a few put the rifle lightly to their shoulder and pull the trigger. This tends to smack you hard and if there is a scope on the rifle you can get a "scope eye" when it comes back and belts you.
With any shoulder firearm (rifle, shotgun) you nedd to pull it back to your shoulder snugly and with a rifle, squeeze the trigger only when on your target. The rifle shoud be a surprise when it goes off.
My adivce is when you get the rifle, geet someone with shooting experience to go with you the first few times.

It's so close to a .308 win it doesn't matter to the game.Yes you can shoot deer,moose ,elk and black bears.Here in Canada it was carried and used on grizzly as well.The recoil is user friendly not much different than a 30-30.Also very accurate.Not sure if you want to handload but it livens things up considerably over factory stuff.42gr Win 748/150gr bullet/ Win cases,41grWin748/165gr bullet/Win cases and 40grWin748/180gr bullet/Win cases all with lrg rifle primers.All shot 1-1.5 MOA in my Sav99 300Sav.....................Harold