My 1957 vintage 99F in 250-3000 will shoot bullets from 75 to 90 grains quite well, but the Speer and Sierra 100 grain bullets I have tried are not accurate at all. I have some 100 grain Remington Core-Lokts, and I will try them. I recently bought a box of Hornady 250 Savage ammo loaded with their 100 grain bullets. I plan on trying them in the Savage 99 as well as in my Savage Axis rifle with 10" twist E.R. Shaw barrel. Based on my previous results, I don't have a lot of confidence in them shooting well in the lever gun. I have carefully measured the twist in the 250-3000, and it is 1 in 14". The rifling is in good shape, too. I have some Barnes 80 grain TTSX bullets and might try them in the 250-3000 as well, but they would be best in the 250 bolt gun. The odds are that the 250-3000 is best with the bullet originally loaded by Savage.
