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Who has tried the 117 GR Hornady in 250 Savage 1-14 twist. Want a tougher bullet for other game while deer hunting up here in AK. Going to try a few and see if they stabilize in the 1-14 twist any load suggestions.
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For giggles I did. Les talked me into it.
Hits the paper going sideways at 100 yards. My best suggestions? 87gr Speer Hot Cores.
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For giggles I did. Les talked me into it.
Hits the paper going sideways at 100 yards. My best suggestions? 87gr Speer Hot Cores. This, but if you think a heavier bullet would be better the 100 gr Speer Hot-Cor and 100 gr Hornady Interlock will stabilize in that 1-14" ROT.
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For giggles I did. Les talked me into it.
Hits the paper going sideways at 100 yards. My best suggestions? 87gr Speer Hot Cores. This, but if you think a heavier bullet would be better the 100 gr Speer Hot-Cor and 100 gr Hornady Interlock will stabilize in that 1-14" ROT. Is that true for all pre-mil 250-3000's? I've never tried them. The 1-14" twist was the targeted twist rate, sometimes it comes out slower and some bullets fall in the range of "works in some guns, but not in all".
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It is true for the rifles I loaded for, in fact one rifle would shoot the Remington 100 gr Core-Lokt bullets very well.
.928" Remington 100 gr. Core-Lokt
.940" Speer 100 gr Hot-Cor
.987 Hornady 100 gr Interlock
Having said that, I prefer the 87 gr Speer Hot Cor for deer and never saw a need for a 100 gr bullet. The OP did not say what other game he may want to take a shot at.
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If one is shooting at normal deer hunting ranges and wants a premium bullet, you could always go with the Nosler Partition.. can't shoot them worth squat out of the box, but with just a bit of work with a utility knife you get a 98gr Partition which shoots pretty well. The base 1.04" Partition shoots groups ranging from 5" to 8" at 100 yards. The .915" Partition with the tip cut off was shooting around 1.5" groups out of two pre-1960 250-3000's. 1) a 1.04" long stock 100gr Nosler Partition 2) a .915" long Nosler Partition which has had the lead nose cut off and now weighs 98.3gr. 3) a .85" long Nosler Partition cut down by one of our favorite campfire members and now weighs 96gr. 4) and a .835" long 87gr Speer Hot Core.
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Just shot my slow twist 1903 Springfield in 250-3000 Lyman Aperture sights front bead at 100 yards what surprised me was the Barnes X 85 gr bullets 4 at 1.5" !
87 Gr Speer 3 @ 1.4" 100 gr Speer, 100 Gr Hornady Interlock, 100 Gr Rem Cor lock all under 2" . Measured twist several times around 1-13.
My other Savage 99,s older 1-14 twist would not shoot the 85 Gr Barnes under 5", one of them measured 1- 13.5 twist. Will shoot most 100 gr bullets.
Going to change out front site to a post style and sight it for 85 Gr Barnes X. And hopefully kill a Caribou with it this fall.
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If one is shooting at normal deer hunting ranges and wants a premium bullet, you could always go with the Nosler Partition.. can't shoot them worth squat out of the box, but with just a bit of work with a utility knife you get a 98gr Partition which shoots pretty well. The base 1.04" Partition shoots groups ranging from 5" to 8" at 100 yards. The .915" Partition with the tip cut off was shooting around 1.5" groups out of two pre-1960 250-3000's. 1) a 1.04" long stock 100gr Nosler Partition 2) a .915" long Nosler Partition which has had the lead nose cut off and now weighs 98.3gr. 3) a .85" long Nosler Partition cut down by one of our favorite campfire members and now weighs 96gr. 4) and a .835" long 87gr Speer Hot Core. Interesting, I have some old screw machine bullets that I might modify.
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If one is shooting at normal deer hunting ranges and wants a premium bullet, you could always go with the Nosler Partition.. can't shoot them worth squat out of the box, but with just a bit of work with a utility knife you get a 98gr Partition which shoots pretty well. The base 1.04" Partition shoots groups ranging from 5" to 8" at 100 yards. The .915" Partition with the tip cut off was shooting around 1.5" groups out of two pre-1960 250-3000's. 1) a 1.04" long stock 100gr Nosler Partition 2) a .915" long Nosler Partition which has had the lead nose cut off and now weighs 98.3gr. 3) a .85" long Nosler Partition cut down by one of our favorite campfire members and now weighs 96gr. 4) and a .835" long 87gr Speer Hot Core. Rory, are those the bullets you and I collaborated on a million years ago?
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Rory, are those the bullets you and I collaborated on a million years ago? Yep, yours is #3. Groups were slightly better than the #2 groups, but both were good enough for hunting.
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I have shot some excellent groups with the 100 grain green box at 100 yards out of my 50's EG. They shoot almost to the exact same point of impact as the hand loaded Speer 87 hot cores I have. Which makes it pretty handy. One man's observations from one gun...
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My 1950 R and Randy's old 1919 250-3000 Rifle both can shot the flea off a gnats arse with the Remington 100's, Joe.
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I have shot some excellent groups with the 100 grain green box at 100 yards out of my 50's EG. They shoot almost to the exact same point of impact as the hand loaded Speer 87 hot cores I have. Which makes it pretty handy. One man's observations from one gun... One thing to add to this. I've shot Winchester 100 grain silvertips through a couple of pre mil 250's. Every time I pull the trigger with one of those things in the barrel: I have no idea where, it might land....
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My old 250 shoots 100 grainers poorly to very poorly but does nicely with the Sierra 90 grain h.p. which is a nice game bullet.
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My 250 R at 50 yards with factory 100 grain Silvertips. 3 shot group. 1 in 14 twist. Steve
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My 1950 's 99r shoots the 117 rn very well at 1.25" @ 100 yds..IMR 4064 POWDER .Trying it in that nice Springfield?Scott.
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Scott yes it shot the old Barnes X bullets 85 GR well, twist rough measures 1-13 thinking its 1-12. Kurt
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Point of all this being....every gun is different.
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Yes the Savage 99,s 1-14 twist varies I have seen some that measure 1-13.5 to 1-14.5 which may explain why some shoot 100 gr bullets and some don,t.
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Elevation, temperature, and humidity play a role, too. What works up north in the mountains may not down south at sea level.
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