Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors Savage 250-3000, year built and twist in Bbls?

By short I mean total length, from tip of the nose to the bottom of the bullet.

For best grouping, you're almost always going to do best with the shorter flat based 87gr bullets. Even when the 100gr bullets shoot perfectly well for hunting, the 87gr often seem to group a bit better. A lot of the boattail bullets are a tad bit longer than flat based bullets, so.. beware of the overall length.

Of the 2 bullets you link to, I would think the flat bottom bullet would do better in your gun since it's only logical it's an overall shorter bullet.

The Speer 87gr Hot Cores are popular since they are built and at least advertised by their manufacturer as a medium game bullet. Other 87gr bullets like Hornady will also group just as well, but some folks (like me) are leery of hunting deer with them given that the manufacturer says they are varmint bullets. I've yet to have a shot at a deer with a Hot Core, but I know it's deadly on antelope.