The season had been disappointing - lots of deer but hard to see and nothing legal to shoot. My son and I decided to go across the road and hunt the hemlock swamp yesterday - one man walk, one man sit. I was thoroughly wrapped up in red brush when I heard the unmistakable bark of a 250 Savage, followed by an excited call on the walkie-talkie. When I worked my way over to him he was all smiles.
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The rifle, a model G 250/3000, was purchased by my grandfather during the depression. At the time his family was tending an estate near Tionesta while he travelled to DC to find work as a brick mason. During one of the trips this rifle came home with him. When my Dad died this was the one thing my son wanted. He has done it proud,
Awesome!! Very cool story and pic.
TOM
CONGRATS TO THE YOUNG FELLA, and GRANDADS RIFLE.
THAT IS JUST FANTASTIC.
STEVE
Deer stories don't get any better than that! I suspect that guarantees this gun will serve a few more generations of your family!
Nice rifle, nice deer, great story. I hope the 250-3000 keeps serving your family well and producing lasting memories!
Steve
The season had been disappointing - lots of deer but hard to see and nothing legal to shoot. My son and I decided to go across the road and hunt the hemlock swamp yesterday - one man walk, one man sit. I was thoroughly wrapped up in red brush when I heard the unmistakable bark of a 250 Savage, followed by an excited call on the walkie-talkie. When I worked my way over to him he was all smiles.
The rifle, a model G 250/3000, was purchased by my grandfather during the depression. At the time his family was tending an estate near Tionesta while he travelled to DC to find work as a brick mason. During one of the trips this rifle came home with him. When my Dad died this was the one thing my son wanted. He has done it proud,
VERY fitting,,,,,,,,,,,,,and the lad was actually HUNTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations.
Another young man being brought up right! Congrats.
John
Great story and thanks for sharing!
I have my Grandad's 1899 B in .303. It's what started my Savage addiction...
Congrats to you both. That's a buck to be proud of.
Rod
Nice Buck, and Gramps old gun lives on , hope then your son has a child that the gun will go on down the line!
Love the story of the hunt and the history of the rifle!
What did you mean, lots of deer but nothing legal to shoot?
What are the laws down there?
Great deer!
This is what America is all about. awesome.
nice deer and a great memory.
good luck in the future
plab
Good memory for you both.
I also very much enjoyed the story. Very neat that your son was drawn to that rifle. I hope it continues to be handed down generation to generation.
Thanks everyone - he's not only a great son but an outstanding hunting partner - probably the biggest thing that's kept me going.
Joe - down here (NW PA) the bucks must have 3 points on a side not counting the brow tines. And even though we are landowners, being non-residents we get shut out of the antlerless permits. Just love the PA Game Commission.
Great stuff! Love to hear about old guns staying in the family and serving the next generation faithfully.
Congrats to your son [and to you as well!]
Excellent. And another connection between your Son and his Great Grandpa.
Good Deer !...My Father passed away a little more than a year ago,and I've been using his old 99 in 250 for my deer rifle this year.I've shot two nice doe's,and a weird looking buck,and not one took a another step.In my opinion them 99s are the best feeling rifle that I've ever handled.
Joe - down here (NW PA) the bucks must have 3 points on a side not counting the brow tines.
Quite honestly I wish they would do that up here where I hunt, they'd get a lot bigger.
Great story and dandy whitetail. I gotta get my 250 out hunting someday.
Great story and dandy whitetail. I gotta get my 250 out hunting someday.
I have a problem,
which 250 do I take
norm
Keystone250.....congratulations to the both of you and thanks for sharing your story! Love the family guns (especially in my favorite caliber!) getting out there doing what they have done for all those years in our forefather's hands. What estate in Tionesta? I just moved here in 2012 but have been in the area all my life....love it here even with the PA Game Commission!
PennDog
Another great 99 huntin' story! Congrats!!!
PennDog-
I don't know whose estate they were caretaking - just that it was in Trunkeyville ( I always say Tionesta because I don't think Trunkeyville still exists). Our family homestead - since 1838 - where I still hunt, is north of Corry.
Tom
My Grandpa's rifle was a Win 94 .30-30 carbine he inherited when his youngest brother died in 1932. He gave it to my younger brother, and I used it to take a whitetail doe at 15 yards about 2007....Grandpa had been dead a good 20 years. There can't be any better feeling than taking a deer with a "generational" family gun. What a great story!
I'm going to British Columbia next fall to hunt elk with my nephew; it's my plan to give him a couple nice rifles, including an 1899 in .250, that have filled the freezer for his uncle Kev.
It's a great thing that such things still matter to young men like your son.
The story exemplifies the essence of the hunting tradition and the deep family and cultural ties we have to the sport.
You are indeed blessed to have such a wonderful son who appreciates those things in life which really matter.
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