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A fellow here in town has two, consecutively serial numbered Model 99s in .250/3000. The fellow said his wife's father bought the rifles back in the late 1940s, or perhaps the early, very early 1950s. Now this fellow wants to start doing some hunting. I was reading somewhere that the .250/3000 round started with one twist, but rifle manufacturers later switched the barrel twist so heavier bullets could be stabilized. I think these rifles would have been bought in a range from 1948-1955. From this extremely limited amount of info, can anyone give me a clue as to what twist the barrels might have. Either way, I think that two or three grains of powder below book max should be in order for either of these rifles, but I am stumped on the bullet twist. If the rifle shoots them okay, we'll probably use Nosler Partitions. Anyway, that will be down the road a bit. Thanks for any help folks ... Tom Purdom

Tom, if the dates you gave are correct, then the twist rate is definately 1-14. Bullets of 87grs. or less will most likely shoot the best. Some guys have reported that the 87 gr. speer as a good deer bullet. Some have also said that the 100 gr. Rem cor-loks shoot ok . Mark.

If you don't handload you will only have one choice - the 100 grain bullet. The 100 grains shoot fine in my .250 EG made in 1953.