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I've written starline a couple times in the last few months about producing .300 Savage brass. I'm perplexed as to why they dont?...I assume the demand would be there.

I received a note today nicely written, that said they are of course backed up and wont be doing any new calibers for awhile. But even so, .300 Savage was not on the list of brass they might consider.

Is there really that much brass floating around? Or is it most of us just make it ourselves from .308?.

I wish they would reconsider.

No surprise to me. It’s a small and shrinking market. No new rifles are being made. Most who use it are hunters who fire a few shots a year. And as you say, making your own from .308 should be no big deal. It’s easy for enthusiasts to get carried away about their pets, but a business has to look at the bottom line. Haven’t checked, but dollars to donuts ammunition for the .300 is either already “seasonal” or on its way there.

Okay, made me look:

https://www.midwayusa.com/300-savage/br?cid=9362

I saw 6 box's of 300 Sav. The other day, at a Amish store. $100.00 a box, in northern Michigan . Looked like new rem. Ammo.

I’ve bought .375 Winchester brass from them. Hard to believe there’s more of a demand for that than .300.

They would know.

I found brass listed, but out of stock, by Winchester and Quality Cartridge. If it were my problem, I’d sign up for notifications on those and the Remington ammo, then maybe hit some gun shows, or invest in the whatever special dies may be required for making it from .308.

Good luck.

Lots for sale on auction sites....

Perhaps Hornady still sells .300 Savage brass.

They dropped it a year or two ago; isn't even listed on Hornady's site anymore.

I would contact Hornady customer service and ask. They used to do "seasonal" runs of stuff like that and may still do, just not catalog it.

Friend of mine has been making it out of 308.

I wonder what quantity of any given cartridge needs to be produced and sold to make a 'run' profitable?

Hunter at Starline told me it's 50K. I sometimes wonder if they'll ever make 348 Win brass again. They currently have 5M piece orders from Hornady that keep them from running any obscure brass for a while.

While your prompting , see if you can prompt them out of some .25-20 and .218 Bee .

I got the same response when asking them to make 35rem brass.