The .250 Savage doesn't get the market hype many cartridges do but it's a really amazing cartridge. It performs way over its head and without hardly any recoil. I recommend it for women and kids and for guys like me that appreciate its performance.
If they're handloaders or have trustworthy friend who is.
I don't think I'd have built one if I didn't hand load. In my opinion it is definitely a hand loading proposition, especially if you shoot the bullets I do through mine. I forgot to add, I never use light bullets in mine. If I wanted to shoot 100 grain bullets I'd have just used my .243. My go to bullet is the Combined Technologies 115 grain Ballistic Tip.
If I dare take it for elk I'd use the Combined Technologies 115 grain Partition or a Nosler 120 grain Partition. I've also used SGK 117 grain bullets on deer and hogs. With all these loads mentioned here I've used RL-17 in it for the best velocities with these heavier bullets.
