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I run 85gr X bullets in one and 100gr TSX and 110gr Accubonds in the other.

Oops I meant to load the pic of the 250AI.....my bad.

I'm good with the other pic

Lol......thought u might be....grin.

Slung these from 250AI..?

You better have a smooth barrel for those.

They stabilize.......:)

Kaleb- Nice, tried snagging #250 Alpine but was up to 257....passed.

Did you get that no. by chance - 250?

No I'm not sure what number it is?.......never thought about it till now. That would be cool though

When I was a teenager I started looking for a shotgun and studied all the gun catalogs I could find or send off for. I would not hunt with a rifle for a number of years, yet as soon as I saw the Savage 99A in their catalog I was smitten and wanted to own one. Since I got mine I have found the 250 Savage to be an accurate, easy-to-shoot, and effective cartridge. I guess it's no elephant gun, but it works very well for most of our game and it's a cool chambering for the Model 99 (which is in turn a real cool rifle). Yes, I really like this rifle and cartridge!

358wsm - just because I/we prefer more/bigger/better isn't any

indication of insufficiency.

1. Why drive a 70's vintage beetle when there are newer, bigger, better autos or trucks? Nostalgia - go ahead.

2. I'd offer to compare my Rack - Stack in no.'s & size to most hunters. I don't have the MOST or BIGGEST racks but respectable.

3. I'd offer to do a 400 yd shoot off vs 250/3000.

I'm secure enough in my manhood to wear PINK.

HO HUM has never interested me in anything.

Gotcha...

Well stated.

I feel the same way with my 7x57 and moreso with my 300 H&H. they are both historic, unique and very interesting.

There ya go Ed..!

You just answered your original question..

See, it's not that hard to understand, emotion often trumps fact among cartridges and rifles.

Edited to add the "smile"

Haven't seen this reason posted yet (new to the forum), but for me, the .250-3000 is my favorite because it was the very first cartridge (and gun: 99EG) that at a young age very nearly convinced me I could hit and kill anything at any range. Deer first, then Pronghorns, then Elk. Later, I found it was also "adequate" for rockchucks, coyotes and crows. I ran with a crowd of other teens that had more money, and so they had fat-barreled .243's, 22-250's and such. The .250 held its own against those guns, and turned my buddies' derisive smirks at my "antique" into sometimes not so silent admiration.

As for tiny guns that equal the '3000's velocity, I had Dennis Olson put a Lilja barrel on a Mini-Mauser (originally 7.62x39) in .25 PPC: (6PPC necked up)

I call it the .25 "Pronghorn Pursuit Cartridge".

Yes, it launches a 85g Ballistic Tip at 3000fps: the intended goal. Slightly lighter overall package than my scoped 99F.

Firearms44.

Nice little rifles aren't they? I don't see too many of them around. Yours has much nicer wood than mine.

Never really liked the 99 or cared much for the .250. It's ok I suppose. I'd rather have a .243 because I can find ammo at the Mom & Pop.

I love my 250. It does everything I need it to do for deer and black bear with a flea bite of recoil.

But I like M99s, wear pink shirts, and can find factory ammo in nearly every Mom and Pop between Presque Isle and Allagash that carries ammo.

YMMV.