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anyone have one they actually hunt with Looking at for a woods whitetail rifle wwhat factory loads are you using?

I use reloads in mine, 117gr Hornady RN is all I've shot in it. This is the second I have owned, first was a tang safety version.

As far as I know Remington & Winchester both offer factory loads for the 250 Savage.
These are seasonal ammo runs and not always available.

Remington with a 100grain core locket and Winchester with a 100 grain Silvertip (0ld style).
In my experience the loads are virtually interchangeable from an accuracy standpoint.
For deer hunting I would probably go with the Remington.
Specialty ammo can be had from a variety of sources and you bullet selection increases.

I have a couple of the tang safety 77 RSIs in 250-3000. I don't shoot factory ammo 'cause I don't think much of either of the 100 grain loads offered by Remington or Winchester/Olin.

The 250-3000 has been, for the most part, a reloader's cartridge for the past forty or so years. When I first started shooting the 250-3000, in a Savage 99G, Remington offered two factory loads, both 100 grains, one was a RNCL and the other the same PSP bullet that they offer today. Winchester/Olin offered a 75 grain PSP and the same 100 grain ST that they offer today.

The Rugers all have 1-10" barrels, so you can load/shoot bullets in the 75 to 120 grain range without worry. When I lived in New Hampshire, I frequently carried by 77 RSI in 250-3000 with 117 grain Hornady or Remington RN bullets.

Jeff

Those old style 117gr RNs are getting hard to find these days.

Cool rifle/chambering & load combo BTW.

What's the issue? Low velocity, accuracy?

Both, low velocity and "meh" accuracy.

Jeff

The WW Silvertips produced poor groups from my tuned up 700 Classic, and that's a rifle I could use to lighten wallets with good handloads.

I seldom shoot any factory cartridges that aren't rimfire.

One of the reasons that I started handloading at age twelve was to feed my rifles chambered for "odd-ball" cartridges; 218 Bee, 219 Zipper, 244, 25-35, 250-3000, 257Roberts, and 7x57. I figured that I needed to load my own if I was going to get better than "meh" accuracy out of my 99G.

Jeff

if you're not reloading, I'd probably go .243. its easy to reload for the .250, but i don't think much of the factory ammo thats available.

pretty tough to beat a .250 RSI for cool factor, though.

I have a tang safety that is currently in RLS configuration. I suspect it started life as an RSI. I've not reloaded much for it. For whitetails, I've had good luck with the old Winchester Silvertips 100 grain factory load. I have a couple more boxes on the shelf, and don't shoot many at targets. It's about an 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 MOA on average with them. The load is great for whitetails at the ranges I shoot, which is usually feet to less than 100 yards. Great little gun and cartridge for those wooded, steep Appalachian hills.
Bfly

I had a tang safety 77 RSI 250 Savage years back. Still my favorite woods whitetail round/rifle.

I ran 120 Speer Hotcore handloads in mine.

I had my hands on one years ago, kick myself in the rump for not buying it. I was in the magnum craze at that time.

I have the M77 RSI with tang safety in 250. I use Winchester 100 gr Silvertips and Remington 100 gr PSPs in it, the only two factory loads I've ever found. It has a 1.5-5x Leupold Vari-X III, which seems just about perfect to me for the rifle and cartridge. I picked it up at a gun show after my tang safety 243 RSI was stolen. It shoots about 1.5" at 100 with both loads.

One of these days, I hope to have some time to load for it. I have a good supply of new Remington brass. Maybe I'll get to see what it will do with good handloads...

I just missed a Model Seven Custom Shop MS in 250Savage here in Canada.

I use a hefty dose of H4831sc with a 110gr. Interbond for whitetails. Bang flop.

Anybody looking for a tang safety RSI in 250 3000 I have one that I might be able to sell it is new in the box though the box is a little rough.

What are you asking for it? You say it is new?

an RSI in 250 Savage is one rifle I think is running 15 to 20 on the 1 to 10 cool factor scale...

definitely on my very short list of rifles I'd like to own...

or any of the Remington Custom Shop short action Mannlicher....

Yep. Very cool. I don't own a 250 Savage, but if I were to, the RSI Ruger would definitely be the platform I'd want.