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I want a 250 savage for deer and varmints. Looking to build one but I am not a guy who can afford to drop 3 grand on a toy. So I am thinking something along the lines of er shaw barrel, 21 inch sporter weight, and a howa or remington action and aftermarket stock.
Or do you guys have a better idea how to get there?
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How much do you want to spend?
For around $1,500, you could buy a Howa 1500 donor from Whittaker's for around $350, a barrel from Shaw for $???, and a McM Edge fill Compact or Model Seven stock for $600ish.
Or, you could buy a Montana and have it rebarreled for about the same price.
Or you could buy a used Montana or 700 MR in 257 Roberts.
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Er shaw barrel $200 ish Howa or Remington donor $300 ish Boyds or similar stock $200 - could be avoided if I get a donor with a nice stock
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On a more serious note... I wonder if an existing barrel in .257 Roberts (like on a Montana) could be set back and rechambered for .250 Ackley as a low cost option? It wouldn't work so well to try to rechamber into standard .250 Savage because the case tapers much more quickly than a Roberts, so you would have to go way forward to clean up the existing chamber.
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Er shaw barrel $200 ish Howa or Remington donor $300 ish Boyds or similar stock $200 - could be avoided if I get a donor with a nice stock If you go with the Howa 1500 and bumped the barrel contour up a little, you could put it into a V2 take-off stock for under $100. If you go with the Remington 700, you could find a 700 MR or 700 LSS-MR take-off stock for under $150.
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I wish Remington would build a few on the Model 7 GreggH
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I'd go IT&D and just use one of his stainless Douglas blanks.
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I'd go IT&D and just use one of his stainless Douglas blanks.
Is IT&D still in business? I emailed him a few months ago and said he was still waiting on ITAR clarification. I was looking for someone to rebarrel a rifle for me, wound up going a different route.
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Sounds like a winner to me. I think you’re on the right track, had a bicentennial 77 ruger 250, killed allotta bucks, elk and bear with er. I just might have to build one... grin
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I built one a year or so ago. I used a Savage Axis rifle I bought new and an E.R. Shaw barrel I bought from Midway on sale - $137, if memory serves. I had to buy the barrel nut wrench from Midway as well. Had a gunsmith buddy screw on the new barrel and headspace it up for a few bucks. I could have done it myself if I had a barrel vise. Cost me $700-800 because I had to pay New Jersey prices for the rifle. I also put together another Axis with a 257 Roberts barrel. That barrel cost me over $300 as I special ordered it from Shaw. I bought the second rifle on sale at Cabela's in PA and it was about $150 cheaper. Both rifles shoot very well. My 250 Savage with 24" barrel drives a 100 grain bullet to 3,000 fps with no pressure pains. That's 257 Roberts territory. The Roberts rounds feed just fine from the 243 magazine, but I had to buy a 22-250 Savage magazine for the 250 Savage to feed properly.
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Hate hearing the news on IT&D.
I did a .250-3000 AI on a Kimber Montana.
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Get a Winchester 25 WSSM. You won't need to buy anything else for the rifle except a scope.
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Or find a Remington Classic in 250. Mine shoots great
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I started a build such as Jerseyboy with a Savage Axis in 22/250 and a Shaw barrel. The rifle was on sale for $200 new after rebate and the barrel was a little over $100 from MidwayUSA as it was on clearance and it fell under a discount. I was going to stick with the factory stock initially as cost was a factor.
I ended up using a used Savage 10 in 7mm/08 instead of the Axis. This gun has a trigger I can work with better than the Axis and the wood stock was much easier to enlarge so the barrel would fit. It came with an older 2-7x Bushnell 3200 which was good enough to use on the rifle. I posted an ad on a couple of local gun talk groups to borrow/rent a barrel vice and barrel nut wrench. I traded a box of 30 caliber Barnes bullets I had laying around for the wrench and it cost me a 12 pack of Heiniken beer for another member to invite me to his shop to "assist" (actually he did most the work) in swapping out the barrel.
I was well under $400 but over $350 including trade goods and gas to get the tools if I count the price of just one donor gun. If the second guy would have contacted me first I would have been just over $300 all told as he had the nut wrench. Savage stocks are nothing to brag about but it is functional and it will work until I find something "better" for a price I am willing to pay.
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Get a Winchester 25 WSSM. You won't need to buy anything else for the rifle except a scope. Obvious the OP has taste, hence his asking about the 250 Savage.
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Get a Winchester 25 WSSM. You won't need to buy anything else for the rifle except a scope. Are you for real?
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Get a Winchester 25 WSSM. You won't need to buy anything else for the rifle except a scope. Are you for real? Hell.... I thought the same thing...why the 25WSSM!!! He would have to contact "250Remington" as he has the market cornered on 25WSSM rifles and brass
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