250 Savage

[CEMENTHEAD]

What can you all tell me about the 250 Savage? Thinking of getting one to play and possibly hunt with.



Thanks in advance, Tom

[TedH]

Buy it, and then you can tell us about it.

[2ndovc]

Deadly accrate and a real killer on deer and smaller game.

My Grandfather had this Model 70 that he used to take to WY every year for antelope. According to my Dad he would
take them 200-300 yds plus with ease. Shoots little bitty groups.
He was a big fan of the .25 calibers, he had the .257 Roberts mate to this one but it was stolen.



jb

[M. M. Wright]

Had one years ago. Loved it. Killed a lot of deer with it and not many untracked after being hit. It was an old one (F model) that had the 1 in 14 twist and wouldn't stabilize the 100 grain bullet so I just bought 87 grainers which it would put into incredibly small groups. Maybe .50 inch. I could look up the loads since I still have records from back then. Mid 60s I guess. Oh yeah, it was a 99 Savage which I am hoping is what you have since we are talking lever guns here. Traded it away for an early 94 in 32 Special which still had 18 rounds left in the box of shells which came with it and some money to boot. It came back home after some years and I let my 3rd ex-wife use it for several years after that. Don't remember what I ever did with it. I'll have to look that up too.

M. M.

[Guncase]

I love my 99 takedown. I have taken three deer with it. Two of the deer required a second shot with my handload containing a 100 grain Hornady interlock. I hit one small mule deer buck on the point of the shoulder but the bullet didn't enter the chest, it just stayed in the shoulder and made a mess. I had a similar problem with a blacktail although that bullet did enter the chest cavity. Another muley was hit behind the shoulder and the bullet performed very well destroying the heart and lodging just on the inside of the hide on the far side. My opinion is that the 100 grain interlock bullet is too light to reliably break bone, but performs well with the classic broadside lung/heart shot. I plan to try the partition someday, but the number of leverguns in my safe have me always finding a new favorite to hunt with.

[Hobie]

I got one. It seems to shoot well. It has less recoil than the same gun in .308 Winchester (and it should). I like it.

[3leggedturtle]

Its the original high velocity, short mag cartridge

[brno602]

It's the first duel purpose cartridge too, Good for Verman and Deer,
Now don't hang me guy's I have a 99 but want to find a Ruger light 77 in .250 the ones with the black forend tip and short barrel
But I like the old stuff that at one time was the greatest like the 7x57, .375H&H and 300 Savage and you can count in the 30/06 and 270 too and we cant forget the 30/30.
It was way ahead of it's time for a Factory cal the .257 was around and is a bit better but the 6.5x55 is much better than a .257 on bigger game than Deer.
I have never taken anything bigger than a Deer with the .250, are Deer are big though. I like it I like the history behind it( Newton cal).
When I was a kid I read Shot's at Whitetales and I needed a 250 Savage after that book

[brno602]

Its the original high velocity, short mag cartridge

That is true!

[brno602]

I got one. It seems to shoot well. It has less recoil than the same gun in .308 Winchester (and it should). I like it.

Very nice! 99 you have.
Okay I love the Cal and 99's.

[pdentrem]

I also have a 99 Savage in 250-3000. It is a takedown version and it shoots just as well as any other rifle in my safe and better than most as well.

[PaperPatch]

I have a .250 in my Savage 99, and hunt Antelope with it.

Very accurate!!!

[cshold]

Aw yes the 250-3000 Savage.
Isn’t that the one that the .243 Winchester left in the dust?
Yeah I’m bad

[Pete44ru]

Tom, The .250 I owned/shot/hunted, was a full-length stocked, tang safety Ruger Model 77 RSI boltgun.

After I used it for a fer years, some silly collector offered me $1K for it, so I swapped for the green & bought a couple of leverguns for my annual Maine deer hunt pilgrimages.

Every deer I shot with it pretty much dropped where shot, or stepped off only a few yards - much less than the sometimes 100+ yard traipse I get with a more powerful chambering like an -06.

I was looking for a .250 Savage 99 last Summer - but caved when I ran across a pristine 1953-DOM .300 Model 99-EG at D&L in Warwick.

I'd advise you to get one (any one), and don't look back - as long as you don't expect it to be a magnum.


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[Nath]

Never see the 250 Savage or 257 Roberts over here

The 25-06 had a run in popularity a few years ago. I have allways said the 250 and the 257 would be perfect for Britain, been sayin' it for years.

Who was that famous American explorer that used the 250 Savage on his expeditions around the Gobi????

Nath.

[Nath]

I say we never see them over here but check out this baby!!

http://www.guntrader.co.uk/GunsForSale/100614142717034

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[brno602]

Aw yes the 250-3000 Savage.
Isn’t that the one that the .243 Winchester left in the dust?
Yeah I’m bad

What's a .243? I have a .250 and 6mm never herd of the .243
Ah just giving you a hard time lol
I have seen a few Deer shot with it (243) but the 6mm Rem is a Moose rifle.
All I remember in the mid 70's is my Brother took a Moose with his 6mm Wile hunting for Deer I was like 10 and helped butcher the Beast.
The .243 and 6 are way behind the history of the .250 are they better no deer can tell.

[Old Savage]

I have had two - Remington 700 and Model 99 EG, both very accurate rifles with almost no recoil, easy to load for. If you get one I think you will love it. What rifle are you thinking of?

[tman]

The 99 is a traditional pre 1900 lever action that can use modern hunting loads. The only drawback i can see to the 250 is cost and availabilty as compared to the same gun chambered in .243WCF. If you look past that, the 250 is an excellent deer/antelope cartridge. Alot of elk have dropped to it also.

[CEMENTHEAD]

What rifle are you thinking of?

Definitely a bolt gun (shudder)

I want to build it for my wife and I'm thinking the custom route. Ultra Light Arms or Rifles Inc. I want it to be under 6 lbs scoped. I've had her shoot a 99 in 250 Savage and she HATED the rifle, (which I lusted over). But remarked that there was little recoil, (which she liked immensely). I also figure on getting the little ones shooting it too.

Thanks, Tom

[Remington40x]

I have two, a Remington Model 7 with the laminated Mannlicher stock from the custom shop that I bought used and a 1920s German guild double rifle. The Model 7 is a tack driver. The DR I've never been able to shoot well, but that is in large part because of the iron sights only, which I cannot see to shoot anymore. I'd like to get a scope mounted on the DR, but the cost of claw mounts (c.$1,000) has given me considerable pause. I can't see putting some sort of half-baked alternative on the rifle, given that it's survived without being bubbaed for so long.

Great cartridge. Kills deer like they've been struck by lightning. No recoil. Easy to carry gun.

I'd love to have one in a Model 99, but I found a Model 99R in .300 a few years ago that was priced right and bought that instead.

[Old Savage]

A friend had one built on a Model 7 action for his wife. She loves it and killed a caribou with it a couple of years ago. A perfect combo there in my opinion.

[CEMENTHEAD]

A friend had one built on a Model 7 action for his wife. She loves it and killed a caribou with it a couple of years ago. A perfect combo there in my opinion.

That's right! The Remington Model 7......I forgot that it's smaller. The hunt is on!

Thanks, Tom

[Pete44ru]

A Remington in .250

http://www.auctionarms.com/closed/displ ... =8824514.0



A .250 Ruger M77RSI mannlicher-stock (6lbs, bareback)

http://www.gunsamerica.com/908529504/Gu ... LICHER.htm



Another .250 Ruger 77, a sporter

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... 327479#PIC




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