Mike Irwin
Staff
"Also incorrect. The Savage bolt-action was designed in the hope of getting military contracts, which is why prototypes were chambered for the military service cartridges of the U.S., Great Britain (.303 British) and the Latin-American market (7x57)"
Dave, you have any reference material to that effect that cites Savage sources?
At the time, just after WW I, military budgets world wide were being slashed phenomenally because of the multiple peace processes that came out of the war.
No one was looking to rearm.
The .303 and 7x57 weren't just military cartridges, though, they were also very popular sporting cartridges in the Western Hemisphere.
Both cartridges were also fairly well known to US shooters at the time, especially the 7x57, leading Remington and Winchester to both chambered sporting rifles for it and rounds like the 7.65 Argentine and the 9x57 Mauser, and Winchester certainly wasn't trolling for military contracts with the Model 54.
Dave, you have any reference material to that effect that cites Savage sources?
At the time, just after WW I, military budgets world wide were being slashed phenomenally because of the multiple peace processes that came out of the war.
No one was looking to rearm.
The .303 and 7x57 weren't just military cartridges, though, they were also very popular sporting cartridges in the Western Hemisphere.
Both cartridges were also fairly well known to US shooters at the time, especially the 7x57, leading Remington and Winchester to both chambered sporting rifles for it and rounds like the 7.65 Argentine and the 9x57 Mauser, and Winchester certainly wasn't trolling for military contracts with the Model 54.