Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors O.T. 250 sav Pump Action

Sorry for being off topic, but it is a sav cal, does anyone know if a pump action rifle/carbine was ever chambered in the 250.

To stretch things a little more, if you were going to do a project like this, what would be the ideal make and model to play with.

Pumps arn't big over but I believe they still have a strong following in the US, humor me fellas i'm bored today.

Johno

I know Remington pumps have been put out in 300 Savage for specials, but never heard of a 250 Savage.

Only Savage pumps I'm aware of are the model 170's. 30-30 and 35 Remington calibers.

John,

The Remington 760 can pretty much be re-barreled for any reasonable caliber that you want. Good strong action and slicker than owl [bleep]. Many old used ones available for relatively small bucks.

George

I have heard of Remington M760s being rebarreled to
.22-250 (dont ask me why) so a 250 Savage should be
no problem.

Only problem would be figuring out which magazine works best with the .250, and then finding some. I would bet that either the .244/.257R or the .243/.308 might work, but the best match would be the .300 Savage mags. Not easy to find any more!

FYi, there ARE many used 760s out there, but by FAR the greatest number are .30-06s or .270s. The shorter cartridge versions (.222, .223, .243, .244, .257, .300, .308, .35, and .358) are much less common. Probably the most common of the short ctg. versions is the .308 (several Federal agencies once used first the .30-06 and then the .308 versions for service rifles back in the 1950s and early 1960s). Some local and state police also used them, mostly in the same two calibers. I suspect they liked them because they were also using 870s or some other pump riot gun.

I do not mean to hijack this thread but since we are going off topic do not forget to include the 7600 in .35 Whelan. I recently picked up a sweet custom modified to an 18.5 inch carbine. It cured my itch for a 99 in .358 for a while. I'm going to use it for bear drives in the laurel thickets this fall.

Very nice rifle!

This all came about when a friend said he had heard, seen, believed. A 250sav pump was out there for sale, it nver surfaced. But it got me thinking. And George the 760 was actually the rifle I thought would be good for a build. Un fortunately they are not as common here, I look at G.B and weep at the prices as its now impossible to bring them out due to the cost.

Rom thats a sweaty, and would'nt boot much at all LOL

Johno

I have not even had the chance to shoot it yet. I'm sure it is going to be a fire breathing dragon in low light! LOL!!!

Just been doing a bit more research on the 760. For a short time after the war the made them in 30 M.1 & 22 Hornet. You blokes ever seen one in those calibres, bet that would be very rare. Also checked remingtons listing of calibres and no 250-3000, seems odd they offered them in about evrything else.

There is 2 in 300sav on G.B,

Johno

I have a 760 in 300 Savage. It shoots great. I can neck size the ammo, so it must not have a real tight chamber. I don't run the loads hot either.

Original 760s are going up in price, unfortunately. Some need full-length resizing to chamber reloads. Is that because the chambers are undersized, or because some are oversized and the cases swell at the head. I've heard this is mainly a problem with .35 Rem for some reason (also with the same caliber in T/C Contenders). Hot handloads probably aren't a great idea in 760s for slick function. They are strong enough, God knows, but dependent on close-to-factory ammo dimensions to shuck smoothly.

I'm looking for a 760 on my road trip with my bro from SeaTac to Big Timber MT to pick up a rifle at C.Sharps. We'll be going across WA to Lewiston, ID, then up Lolo Pass (12) to Missoula, then Interstate to Big Timber. Then probably back to Missoula, down 12 to Orofino ID, and up to Moscow by the back way to look at my old house there, Then up to Spokane and the Interstate back to SeaTac.

Anybody got any favorite gunshops that aren't too far off that route? I'm looking for a C&R 7.65/.32ACP auto for a shooter (to add to my "Leroy Brown Commemorative Guns" nasty .32 collection) and a nice but not too nice 760 in any short "deer" caliber.

I have sure never heard of a Remington M760 chambered in .30 M1 or .22 Hornet. I've been around long enough that I have to really doubt that occurred. Plus, those cartridges would require significant alterations. By the way, I do like the looks of that custom .35 Whelan that was pictured. I have a custom Mauser in a .35 Whelan Improved and this is one nice cartridge.

The Scarborough Cabela's had a Rem 760A in 300 Savage last week. IIRC, the money asked for was in the mid 300s. Again, IIRC barrel code indicated that the DOM to be 1952, the first year of 760 production. Looked to be in pretty good shape. Worth a call if you are looking.

I believe most Remington pump rifles are sold in the
PA and NY areas. Every time I visit PA I see a fair amount
of 760s and 7600s for sale. I was there in June and saw
a 7mm-08 for sale, didnt check the price.

The only times I can think of that you should have trouble with neck sizing ammunition as opposed to full sizing is if the magazine won't handle the expanded case, or if the chamber isn't exactly round. If the chamber is a bit off, then you can only re-insert a neck sized cartridge in the same position as it was when it was fired.

Oh, the third time you might have problems with neck sized cases is if you try to fire them in another rifle. Cost me $25 to learn that and to get the gunsmith to unstick the bolt on that rifle.

Boltman
When the fellow told me they came in hornet and M.1 carbine I was a little less polite than you. But I am having a nice crisp white wine with my humble pie. LOL
Heres the link as I copied it
http.remingtonsociety.com/rsajournals/M760N/?na=5
Hope you can make sense of that. It seems after WW 2.production resumed with three action lengths, including the cals I mentioned. We don't see many 760s at all down here, and in those cals, even in the US I would expect to be extremely rare. Well off topic, but its funny how something can run to very intersting information

John

Remington Model 760= Amish Assault Rifle.

Grice's Gun Shop in Clearfield Pa. had a special run of 7600's chambered for .257 Bob a few decades back. I would think if they could do that, 250 would be no problem. Grice's get's a lot of unusual stuff from the factory. Maybe they'd consider contracting with Remmy to make a run of these?