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Ok guys. In relation to my other other thread asking about the 250-3000, here is the end result. All the parts(no missing screw like I thought) are there. The wood and bluing are decent, but not great. I think it's a 99R? The lever boss appears to have a very small "20D" in the circle and the serial # is 643xxx. Still some case coloring left on the lever, and after tearing it down and cleaning it completely, the action us slickk as butter. The bore is bright and shiny, and looks good. It has a flip up adjustable rear sight, and a gold bead front sight, and 24" barrel. H.H. 17 is stamped on everthying(forearm, butt stock, metal that the butt stock slides over, etc.) The last three of the serial number are written on the butt stock and forearm as well. It also came with weaver 14 and 19 bases, and an old "Springfield" 4x scope, made in Japan. A set of rcbs dies, and about 75 necked down 300 savage brass were included in the deal. So, all told, what is the rifle worth roughly? I'm not overly concerned with the value, just curious basically. Also, do you guys think I should keep it vintage and mount up the savage scope, or put something newer like a 2-7 leupold on it? I looked through the savage 4x about 30 mins before dark, and was surprised at how unterrible it looked. I'm not sure how reliable it would be though. Anyway, here are some pics.
Oh, and believe it or not, deer bite. Fairly hard.
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Oh, and believe it or not, deer bite. Fairly hard.
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Looks like an R to me, nice rifle.
I always go performance over vintage when it comes to optics for hunting.
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Price of rifle private F2F ~$500...on GB $900+.
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I'm with Steelhead on the optics.
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Regardless of what you paid for it, if you're happy that's all that matters (and you should be happy)! Looks a dandy for a first Savage and I'll bet it shoots well. The idea of a 2-7 Leupold is appealing- if one had to have a scope.
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You picked up a real jewel from my perspective! Rs always seem to shoot very well and landing a .250 is a real bonus!!
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Im thinking that rifles killed deer before! yes Id go with a better scope too!
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Stock crack behind the top tang or grain line? If the former, now could be a good time to get that squared away.
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I didn't like an R until I got a 250. Really like it. Feels deadly. Modern optics for me. I'd rather have a photo of a dead deer than a story of one I couldn't make out in the scope.
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You picked up a real jewel from my perspective! Rs always seem to shoot very well and landing a .250 is a real bonus!! It's a 300..Fair market 600-800 Seen a restored all original mint condition went for around 1500 at auction about a year ago..I should have bid it
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You picked up a real jewel from my perspective! Rs always seem to shoot very well and landing a .250 is a real bonus!! It's a 300..Fair market 600-800 Seen a restored all original mint condition went for around 1500 at auction about a year ago..I should have bid it 300?
Oh, and believe it or not, deer bite. Fairly hard.
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Fireball, what scope and mounts are you running?
Oh, and believe it or not, deer bite. Fairly hard.
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Weavers, Leupold 2.5-8. Might even be a 1.75-6. Too lazy to dig it out.
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I love shooting vintage scopes.
At the range.
Once in a lifetime of having a scope fog up in the field 300 miles from home and ruining a hunt is enough for me. 90% of my scopes are newer. Leupolds mostly, couple of Nikons and even a couple of Burris. The Leupolds are definitely my favorite.
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Redfield Revolution 2X7 is a nice scope with good optics made by Leupold and sold at a decent price.
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You picked up a real jewel from my perspective! Rs always seem to shoot very well and landing a .250 is a real bonus!! It's a 300..Fair market 600-800 Seen a restored all original mint condition went for around 1500 at auction about a year ago..I should have bid it WTF are you talking about retard?
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Redfield Revolution 2X7 is a nice scope with good optics made by Leupold and sold at a decent price. Skidrow, this was a secret..now everyone knows! dave
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Redfield Revolution 2X7 is a nice scope with good optics made by Leupold and sold at a decent price. Exactly what I have on a 1954 R .300. Not a high dollar scope by any means, but it works just fine.
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Very nice score. If you don't go with a vintage scope, and there many good reasons to use modern optics, then I'd pick something modern that resembles period glass. The new Leupold/Redfields fit this bill. I think the new Weavers do too, especially the Classic K and V series. The only thing that I really don't like is when the scope is so big that it looks like the rifle is mounted to the scope and not the other way around. If you go vintage then I think that Lyman was turning out better optics than Weaver, with Leupold and Redfield likely topping both of those brands.
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