250-3000 AKA .250 Savage

[FOsteology]

Does anyone here have a kid that shoots the .250 Savage? If so, do you hand load or purchase factory ammunition??

[CP]

The first deer I ever killed was with a 250 Savage.  Small WT buck in hills North of San Antonio.  Factory ammo, I believe it was 90 gr. WW “silver tip”.  That deer just stood there and stared after I shot it, for what seemed like an eternity but was probably only a few seconds.  Then it dropped without taking a step.  Weird, must have been the shock of the 3000 ft/sec bullet.  That would have been 1972 ish.

I doubt if this helps much, it was a borrowed rifled, I never used one again.

[russ]

i have a savage 99 in 250sav. i shoot factory loads. either winchester or remington...think they are 87 gr. they are somewhat hard to come by though. re-loading is probably a better way to go.

[AWS]

I shoot a 250-3000 in an older Sav 99TD model.  It has a 1-14 twist and will marginally stabalize factory 100gr loads but dotes on 87gr and 75gr bullets and I use it mostly for coyotes.  I did build a rifle that duplicates 250 balistics with the 100gr NPT's and it has proved to be a very effective on large northern whitetails.  My ex-father-in-laws and a couple of fellows in his hunting camp used 250's and were more than satisfied with them and kept their families in venison for many years.

AWS

[257 Wby Mag]

I shot a Ruger 250 for years, loved it, kills alot better than ballistics suggest. I always hanloaded 85 grain Nosler BT's, and 100 grain Core Lokts. My current is a old 99 that my grandmother gave me before passing. Need to get er tuned up and go kill a buck with it for her. I'm thinking I used Win 760?? I think all you can get anymore are Winchester 100 Silver Tips, the old ones, not the Ballistic ST"s.

[FOsteology]

The reason I asked is because I have a set of Hornady FL dies and 50 pieces of WW brass (29 unfired) that I honestly have no use for.

They're listed in the Classifieds section.

No $$ involved. Strictly a "Pay it Forward" and hope it'll go to/for a kid that can put them to good use. 

[HarborHunter3]

I used one my great uncle built up. They were hand loads. Can't really speak for the performance of the load cause my scope got screwed up and I wound up breaking the deers back. It broke it's back quick though. It's really a nice little gun. I don't remember the weight of the bullet either. Good beginner gun or at least practice gun.

Wes