Savage 99F (post war, pre mil .250-3000 one, doe speed goat zip

Shot a speed goat with a 99F .250-3000, 100 gr. Nosler BT, 34.5 grs. IMR4895 at about 120 yards, broke its back and it dropped in its tracks. Unfortunately I don't seem to be able to post photos anymore. David

Nice Going Dave.
Steve

Without pics....It never happened.

99F 250-3000. 99F 250-3000. 99F 250-3000.

It just sounds perty.

Nice shooting David. Congrats.

Here's the photo. For some reason I couldn't do this on the new Apple but I can on the freebie Dell.

Good Day! Was it on the run David?

Good job! Though I'm surprised to hear you're using 100gr Nosler BT's. My experience with any Nosler bullets out of the box on premil 250-3000's is 6" or larger groups at 100 yards. Obviously worked for you though!

Love antelope.. my wife makes awesome fajitas out of them. The sagey taste works right into it.

Nice doe! the old 99s sure work well!

I'm not getting great groups with the 100's about 1 1/2 to 2 1/2" but they're good enough as long as I don't shoot over 200 Yds. I'm reluctant to use lighter bullets on antelope. Jeff, it was standing still looking in my direction. I think it was admiring the 99F. David

Good shooting!

Yes Wyo, way to get it done.

Nice!

Originally Posted by wyo1895

I'm not getting great groups with the 100's about 1 1/2 to 2 1/2" but they're good enough as long as I don't shoot over 200 Yds. I'm reluctant to use lighter bullets on antelope. Jeff, it was standing still looking in my direction. I think it was admiring the 99F. David

You could use a shorter 100 grain bullet, like a flat base Sierra or Speer.

I wouldn't be afraid to use an 87 grain Speer Hot Cor though.

I've shot a couple of antelope with the 87gr Speer Hot Core. Dropped them on the spot.

Great job David!! I'm sure she will cook up just fine.
Steve

I'll have to work up something with the 87 gr. hotcores before next season. I figured the 87 gr. Nosler BT might not penetrate good enough. The first load I tried with the 87 Nosler used 33 grs. of 4895 and gave me a 1 1/2" group. I figure a little work with that bullet and powder might give a better group. That would probably be a good coyote load.

If you have a premil 99 in 250-3000 that will shoot 100gr Nosler's fine, then I'd say use whatever you like. A man should have confidence in his ammo.

David, good job,you guys out west got all kinds of stuff to shoot at!!!

Don, I'll be elk hunting pretty soon. It hasn't snowed lately so they're still up too high for me to get to them. Probably won't get to hunt anything but cows in Nov. Bull season ends on Halloween. David