Get the heaviest TSX you can load, and do check the twist. A 1 in 14 may not stabilize the longer bullets.
A 1-14 twist will NOT stabilize a lot of bullets that are out there right now.
All this said, I have killed a number of cow elk with my 250 Savage, all using 100 grain Partitions. All have been complete pass-throughs so using a 115 Partition is probably no warranted.
Would I hunt PA bears in thick cover with one? Not on purpose- I would use a large caliber bullet to make a bigger hole. Ray said it best.
Savage's website says the twist is 1/14 but someone on the Savage Collectors double checked and Savage said that is wrong. It is actually 1/10. Barnes website recommends 1/9 as minimum for the 115 grainers.
IMO, a 250 with a 100 gr. is the same as 243 and I don't consider that adequate for bear under the conditions I have experienced.
Looks like I won't be getting a SS/syn 250 for bear. If they offered a wood/blue model would make a nice groundhog/deer gun though.
Thanks, everyone for all the input.
Dale
