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How does the 87 grain Speer bullet perform for you? Be interesting to know what speed you were pushing it and how far the deer was. Thanks

One victim is in my avatar. 120 yards in the neck from a 99A saddle gun. Down like a rock.

My furthest shot was a tad over 300 yds. Big buck dropped, spine shot. Did have to finish him when I got to him.

Mine don't count because I use the Rem 100 GR CL. Longest shot about 180. A couple months ago I went to the range with Gary. Put 3 shots in a group the size of a paper plate at 300 yards. Gary, was the long bench 200 or 300, I thought it was 300?

I've used the 87 hot-cor on a few critters. Not very far though....100 or so yards. Worked fine but I don't know if I would try to break a shoulder with one.

I did smash through a doe antelope's front shoulder with one accidentally one time, and she ran 50 or so yards before piling up. The bullet separated and all I found was part of the jacket, but it killed her just fine.

Shot a deer on a side of a big hill in WV, and it rolled all the way down stone dead. Shot was 70 yards.

My son shot his first buck at 100 yards with this bullet. He hit a tad high but buck piled up in 40 yards anyways.

Killed quite a few big pigs with it. A few big ones in there. Since I aim for the brain, and they were all eating corn, all went DRT.

Don't listen to these guys ^^^^^, ever body knows you can't kill a deer with a 250-3000.

With my 250R you can club one to death.

Joe, you could pound posts and split boulders with that thing...

200 yards, Joe.

Plenty good......

Indeed.

Bout 4 years ago, took the 1948 EG topped with a 3x weaver tucked inside a Stith mount. The stand by 87gr Speer Hot Cor with Varget clipping along at 3060 fps let the air out of a big ole fat doe. Was down before I heard the bang. Granted, it was a chip shot of proxametly 60 yards. Every year the Savage that fills the freezer goes to the back of the line, so its a history of one.... but it was spectacular results, and that combination generally gives ~ 1" groups at 100 yards.

LBK ????

he's taken a few with the 250-3000


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Our resident gun writer Mule Deer has said, “Saying the 250 Savage doesn’t kill deer is like saying fire isn’t hot”

All I ever used was the SIerra 87 grain bullet. It might have a little fragile at times, but it worked.

I have my Grandfathers 250-3000 that he purchased way back in the late 1920's. He fed his family with that gun right up until he was too old to hunt anymore.. He took deer and yes, dropped many a moose with his 1899 and most of them were with the 87 grain bullet. He did switch to the 100 grain near the end of his hunting days though. I'm working on a load for it with the Sierra 87 grain bullet now. I plan on taking an Elk with it this year if I get the load worked up in time for the season.

You need to move down here. With the bag limit we have you could put one in the back and rotate it to the front by next year.