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243 fills the same niche now, with even more versatility on the low end.

D D - I would think the 243 has more versatility from the low end--in the middle-- & the hi end.

Nothing is wrong with any of the calibers listed. All do a fine job and if that makes one happy so be it.............
but the cool factor definitely goes to the 250-3000.

Don't dismiss the 250 in a Savage Model 14 American Classic. These rifles are some of the most accurate, out of the box, I've ever owned. Make dandy varmint guns too.

How can you call that accurate? You missed something as big as a dime? LOL

y'll got me sweaty like,I'm going to shoot my Ruger 77RL .250 in the morning....JB may wish he never sold that one!>

What the hey is that critter, olgrouser? We ain't in KS, Toto. It looks like a Texas prarie dog.

I'll bet it's a yellow-bellied Marmont...

The Ruger #1s in 250-3000 are a Lipsey's special non-cataloged limited run of 250(?), so not many people are going to have the opportunity to buy 1. Since Lipsey's won't do business with small, non-stocking, dealers, I won't do business with Lipsey's, regardless of what special runs they get Ruger to build for them.

The only Ruger #1 that I've owned with a 22" tube was a 7x57 and I recall that it didn't balance particularly will with that short, light, barrel. I must admit that I have been thinking about building a new 256 Newton on a stainless/laminated Ruger #1, but not with a 22" barrel.

I currently have around 80 rifles chambered in 250-3000, mostly pre-WW1 1899s and pre-WW2 99s, 1920s, and 20/26s, but only shoot 3 of them; a Remington 7 with a 24" 700 Classic barrel, a Ruger 77 RSI, and a Winchester/USRA 70 Lightweight Carbine with a 70 Fwt stock. For some reason, Winchester/USRA made this 1986/87 run of rifles with 1-14" ROT barrels, even though no U.S. ammunition manufacturer had cataloged an 87 grain 250-3000 factory load for at least a decade.

JEff

Since the 1940s, several members of my family have carried the 250 Savage in the northwoods of MI, MN and WI. They were outnumbered by the 30, 32, 35 and 38 cartridges, but they never felt undergunned, taking Black bear and Whitetails. Couple of great Uncles shot several wolves.

I carry on the old family tradition and I am an equal opportunity hunter with the 250....I shoot dinks.



I shoot larger deer.



And some larger yet with the 250



A plus with the 250 is it can be found in a neat little saddlegun.

That Savage is a sweet shooter, and the operator did a nice job in both pics.

I bought a M70 in 7/08 when they did a ltd. run in a PF action, 20" bbl/syn stock/matte. Those were also made in 257 Roberts and 250 Savage, not sure but believe they twisted 1 in 10."

Cajun Blake is a real Looney, has a 25BR, gives similar ballistics, won't see one of those in the woods.

I think Steve Timm had an AI built and his wife flattened some deer w/it using 100 blue tips.

260 R G - No wonder I have only seen 2 hunters w/250s in 39 yrs.

You own the majority of the rest made. <G> = grin.

I'm glad there are those who buy,own,shoot, & hunt 250s; that makes for less competition on the calibers I like.

I have several 250s and find them to be a well balanced, pleasant round to use. My first CF rifle was a 257 Robts and I've found the 7m-08 to be an excellent round. However, my last hog was taken was with a 300 Sav, and it's shotgun only for deer in the area where I live --- so a 20 ga gets the nod most of the time.

I got to shoot an ancient Savage 20 not long ago. Had a horrible trigger. But the rifle was one those that made me feel that the guy who designed it knew something about making light, handy rifles. That's from a guy that has turned to custom rifles to get just the right combination of features in his light rifles.
The .243 is "better ?" I've watched the .243 in action quite a bit. I talked my ex-wife into one. What impressed me right from the start about the 250 was it kicks even less and has not as much muzzle blast. That's from less powder and less pressure. Nice to have, even for those of that can shoot a .257 Roy.
One of things that came to me very slowly over the years is that more is not always better when it comes to rifles. Particularly if you appreciate a light, handy rifles. That's why so many still use and appreciate old rounds like the .250 Savage, the .35 Remington, and the 7X57. E

History, nostalgia, or genuine usefulness are the only reasons one needs to want or love a given rifle/round. The little 250 Savage fills all three of those checkboxes in spades.

May it live forever.

In the last six years I picked up a Ruger M77 in a .25-06, a Ruger No. 1-A in a .257 Roberts, and Ruger Ultra-Lite in a .250 Savage. I have grown to love my .25's. My grandson may get the .250 Savage this year.

Just noticed a NIB model 7 Rem MS 250 from their custom shop on Gunbroker. I'd like to own that one. Some of you guys need it I know.

Amen, Rocky. From my grandfather's 99 through a 700 Classic and a Dakota Alpine, with a side trip to a .250AI in a Model 70 compact classic, the little round is just right. And from the 700, 75gr V-max run at 3415fps and 100gr Hornadys do 3003, with sub-minute of groundhog accuracy to well past 300yds in both loads. As my Dad said about the 99, "This gun doesn't go 'bang!' It goes 'meat!'" and so do it's stable mates.

works for me.

Sycamore

Great summation Rocky.

And if you were of a generation now just about gone, it wasn't the .250 Savage , but the .250-3000 Savage. It made history, albeit with an 87 grain bullet.