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1903 at work...,

I have to admit these poor bastids were baited. They've been using our cat-door into the basement at cat-nap time...two more to go I think.

I got a doe yesterday afternoon with my 99 300 Sav. 150gr Sierra RN and 40gr of IMR 4895. Mast is scarce and the deer were hanging near fields. I only saw 4 deer in two days of hunting. No pics. I didn't even think of it since I wanted to get the doe out before dark.

Well done guys and its nice to see a 1903 in the field too gettin' it done. Thanks for that JeffG. We in PA will be out next Monday.

Dang it---I hate threads like this---Just gets my juices going for a Savage 99F. It has to be a 300 Savage. Bob

No sleet or rain yesterday. Just snow. It was nice in the morning and we followed a herd of elk up to where we couldn't get to them. We got within about 400 yards of them once so I substituted a Weatherby 270 for the 99EG 308 yesterday afternoon. We saw two cows about a mile and a half away at about four o'clock. Took the 4-wheeler to within about a half mile from where we last saw them. It's rough country and they weren't visible during the ride. Had to cross a large creek to get to where we thought they were. Found a calm area with some ice on it. It looked kind of flexible when Bret crossed it. It gave way on my last step on the far shore. I only got a little wet, my other foot was on the bank. The Weatherby went in the snow on the bank and Bret pulled me and the Wby the rest of the way out. It had of course started snowing as soon as we started out on the 4-wheeler. I cleaned the snow off the scope and checked the bore for snow blockage and we were ready to go. We found the elk a few minutes later at only about 200 yards. It was snowing so hard they looked like ghosts so we let them go.
Took today off but will be back out tomorrow. David

Finished out my deer hunting here on our farm in KY this morning...used the Savage 99 in .300 Sav for a clean kill at ~100 yds. My hand load using Sierra's 150 Spitzer was a through and through just behind the fore leg. The trail up was less than 50 yds with a great blood trail. I was looking for a yearling doe to complement the buck I got last week, but settled for a large button...for a button he had good body weight. Rod

Went on a doe killin' mission this morning this morning and shot the largest whitetail buck I've ever taken. I didn't even have camo on just old clothes to clean a doe in.
A minute after I shot him a doe appears and I filled my doe tag.
First game I've taken with the Savage 99. I was using Remington 150 PSP core-lokt at about a 100 yards. The buck ran about 30' and the doe went about 25 yards.

Wowser!

That's a nice buck! Congrats!

Way to go! I like the dark color of the rack, plus it's a real nice one, Joe.

WoW!! 1911a1 that is a great buck! Looks like it's cross-bred with a blacktail. That rack will make a fine wallrack to hold Your 99, heck of a way to start your 99 hunting!!

I am now a "True Believer" in the 250/3000 cartridge. I have missed 3 deer the last two years with the little 250 cartridge, totally the fault of the nut behind the trigger. My confidence in the gun had waned yet you 250/3000 shooters here gave me the motivation to hold on to the little gem.

Saturday I killed a nice 8 point at 173 yards ( lazed afterwards) which made a 20 death run crossed a fence and just fell over. 10 minutes later I took a Doe at 183 yards and she dropped where she stood, a few ground kicks and it was over for her.

The little nifty 250 is really something special.

Doc

too bad Doc...we were really counting on you to get rid of that rifle...

But seriously, congratulations! 183 yds !! what bullet?

JeffG,

I used the Hornady .257 117 gr SST, my rifle has a 1/10 twist. The 117 gr SST chrono's at 2,660 out of my barrel using a compressed charge of H-4831sc.

The Hornady 117 gr round nose also shoots sub MOA in my rifle and to the same point of impact. I intend to use this round nose bullet in the late season.

Doc

Interesting. I'd like to hear more about this load.

Phil,

I actually got this 250 savage load for "Steelhead". I only use the thinner Winchester cases for loading the Hornady 117 gr SST just for the 40.0 charge of H-4831sc. The load is very compressed to the point I have to re-seat the bullets the night before hunting but no pressure issues at all.

My load using the Hornady 117 gr round nose is 39.5 of H-4831sc. This bullet is shorter than the 117 gr SST not having the compression issues. Accuracy with the 117 gr round nose is under .6 for 3 shot groups.

I will likely try the Hornady 117gr spire point BT this spring to eliminate the compressed load using the 117 gr SST.

My 250-3000 rifle has been extremely accurate with every Hornady bullet I have tried including the Hornady 100 gr which is now gone using 34.5 grs of Reloader 15. I have 300 rounds loaded with the Hornady 100 gr inter lock which will last me a while.

I am a Hornady slut....

Doc

Got a doe with the 22 HP.

Made a 100 yard shot from prone position. Was using reloads with Hornady 70gr.

Gave her the customary 20 min wait and went to look. Big splash of blood were she was standing and bits of lung told me i made a good shot.

Found her 40 yards later. Hit exactly on center of shoulder, exit was golf ball size just behind opposite shoulder.

great shot Joel! that rifle is sweet too.

This is a 110 pound spike I got the day before thanksgiving. The rifle is a model "E" in 308. I wanted a rifle that I could turn into my personal version of a carbine and knew it was not considered very collectible. I restocked it including a buttplate from a Ruger 44 carbine. The result is a well balanced rifle that is very maneuverable in close quarters.
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