Received some provenance for a 1915 250-3000 rifle I purchased late last year. This is a poor scan of an image taken in 1923 in Chapleau of the previous owner and his trophy black bear. I'm still trying to obtain a copy of the original photograph but hope to avoid beginning a new interest of collectables.

Bert Thats neat! nice bear, cool to have a pic of your rifle, from back in the Day!

Very neat picture. I would imagine that really adds to the enjoyment of owning that particular rifle. Good luck getting the original also.

That's cool.

Do you know anything about the gentleman holding the gun?

..so, do YOU have the gun in the photo?

Yes, Jeff.

99guy, I do know the name of gentleman who owned the rifle before me but without permission from his family I will not publish his name. The rifle was in his possession until he died. Sadly, his family chose to sell it for mere money. I foolishly took a small amount monies my mother left me after her passing and paid mere money for an inheritance gift.

In the future I hope to meet the man that let go of this century old little goodie.

[And yes I'm very pleased to leave it to my boys. The younger, who is twelve, has already claimed as his own.

Great to have a nice piece of history to call your own.

Great picture! Sure looks like the little .250 lived up to the Marketing expecations - that bear never had a chance

If you are passing it down to your boy you need a picture of YOU and the rifle standing next to a bear.

Rick,

I have been looking at real estate in New Brunswick where there is a surplus of black bear. Since 2008 US hunters wanting to kill trophy bear have not been visiting the province in the same numbers as before the last economic downturn thus bear harvest number are down though bear populations are said to be high.

A trophy bear should warrant a 300 before a 250 IMO, but if push came to shove I could be convinced to take a bear with a 250-3000 if the opportunity presented itself.

I agree with Rick It did the job 90+ years ago, it still will if you do your part. 100gr silver tips would work.

Mike

Bert was looking closer at the old pic and that fellow is a twin to pics of my father at about that age, even showed it to my wife and asked who he looked like! Your dad she said! I dont think we ever had any folks that lived in Canada tho!

Oh well, people sell family heirlooms all of the time. While some may consider such behavior deplorable, there's a lot of collections that wouldn't exist if it didn't happen.

Need to see pictures of the rifle Great to see the history of an old 99

Bert,

Excellent to know that you now have some documented provenance for your rifle. Also interesting to know that there is a "muchyoungergrouser." You never spoke about that when last we spoke but it may well have happened after that.

George Bert had young Grouser at the second fest! a fine youg lad. If I rember right?

C DA BEAR....SHOOT DA BEAR. IMO

Billu,

Here is the gun in question - a 1915 250-3000 with a Lyman peep sight and a 24" .410 barrel. Though the rifle bears signs of years of honest use and it still functions perfectly.

George has it right John. There is a "Young-grouser" [who you met but has grown into a strapping young man] and another younger son who in our household is affectionately called the "Bear." He is the one who claimed the this 250.

A wonderful percbelly pize!

What a great old 99. Thanks for sharing the pictures

Wow, Bert! I would gladly pay over market value for something like that with provenance like that. Sometimes I like the story more than the gun (like the time I bought a crappy M1900 Browning only because it was carried by a Flying Tiger in aerial combat, with provenance, from his widow). This gun of yours has that beat though- it's a Savage!!

Bert,Pretty nice piece of history there ! i think i only have a couple rifles that i could actually prove the history on,but no pictures.good one. Don

Very nice!

John,

I also met Young Grouser at Jed's. His above post indicates that there's a Sill Younger Grouser. Thus my question. Bert's reply answered it. Go Bear!