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Yes, yes and YES!

I ran across a nice 110J last fall chambered in 250. It had a nicely figured walnut stock and was a bargain at $350. I ended up pimping a friend that is recovering from rotator cuff repair and was looking for a light kicker into buying it . I told him to shoot a couple of deer with it and if he wasn't satisfied I'd buy it from him.

This is my old Peruvian Mauser in 250.

Stock by Jim Kobe, most metal work by me, and some by Darwin Hensley.
I will not claim a 300yd shot. Probably 125yds.

Love that rifle Butch.....

What gorgeous animal, and gorgeous gun.

My 250 works great with 75g NBT

I remember a quote from ED Matunas, In his book cartridges of the world " one of the all time greats, when it comes to accuraccy!"

I always thought the 257Roberts was the "Darling of the Campfire".


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Thinking about getting a Savage 12 BTCSS in 250 Savage chambering from their custom shop & I believe the ROT would be 1-10 through a 26" barrel.

Would it be a pain in the butt due to having to start hand loading the cartridges? Yup.

Would it be a 'Walking gun"? Absolutely NOT! Way to much barrel weight for that but I'm getting to old to do anything but hunt from a stand anyway so that's not an issue.

Would it be accurate? Remains to be seen but my feeling is it will probably drive tacks out to 400Yds maybe even further with the right weight/load and scope.

Would it be about the coolest thing on the firing line? Absolutely!

Its that or the Savage 12 VLP DBM in 30-06. Ain't made up my mind yet, either way it will come from the custom shop and like a post I read on the forums here & elsewhere the lady that answered the call is about the most helpful and professional lady I have ever dealt with & I told her so & it MADE HER DAY to inform her about the nice things I have read about her on the net.

Have owned a Model '54W, a Ruger RSI, a Model 20, and now a 250AI built on a Brazilion '94 action. Unbelievable ballistics from the Model '54 w/24in barrel and 4831sc. My now rifle has accumulated many Texas whitetails w/the old 90gr Barnes X. Only have 9 left so would give anything to find another box. Has an old Signature Safari Burris 6x scope and cannot imagine a better tool for any Texas hunting. 3250fps w/ a Barnes any grain bullet is very lethal. powdr

250-3000 Savage - quiet, light recoil and effective on deer sized game. That's why it's considered highly.

My 250-3000. This is cut and pasted from the "ugly/beat-up working rifles" thread.

My entry�..das frankenmauser. An interesting rifle built by my shade tree gunsmith buddy. The barrel was found in a pile of barrels somewhere in TN. According to the markings, including strike throughs, it started life as a 22 Hornet on a M54 Winchester�.was then rechambered to 22 Wasp�.then rebored and rechambered to 25-35. The barrel threads were so buggered when Andrew found it that it was unusable as a large shank. Andrew turned the entire bbl down to a feather weight contour and rethreaded it for a small shank mauser action. Since he just happened to have a large ring, small shank Turkish mauser action, he rechambered it to 250-3000 and screwed it on. The military stock was then cut down for sporter use, a Timney trigger added along with a Ruger No. 1 recoil pad and barrel band sling mount. The bottom metal is from an FN.

Andrew added a side swing safety and used it a couple of years killing several deer with it. Then he decided I needed it. He knows I like totin� stuff in the woods that nobody else has and, believe me, there ain�t another one like this anywhere around. It shoots under 1.5MOA. I only got it at the end of last season and I was not lucky enough to see a deer the couple of times I took it. Just wait til next year.

It is great to see old guns, and even parts, getting put back into service.

I have a retired gunsmith friend that is famous for helping young people in his church get started in hunting guns this way.

Others donate broken guns and parts knowing that someday they will come back to life and be appreciated again.

I plead guilty to being an occasional donor in this conspiracy.

The .250 is cool. I have a .300 Savage model 99 featherweight, and always watched for a nicer .250 to acquire. While shooting the .300 one day, I decided it was perfectly nice to shoot just as it is with a medium charge of H4895 and a 150 gr bullet. So I will be happy to save a few $$ and just stick with the also-cool .300 Savage chambering. Until my next weak moment, I suppose, when there is a neat .250 in front of me and I am unable to remember that I don't need one.

you right, the .300 is good. the .250 is my favorite, though.

I have a 99F in 250-3000 I bought from a guy in Maine about 10 years ago. It is a cool little round. No deer I've shot with it has gone more than 40 yards. I shoot the Rem 100 gr PTSP and it's been very accurate.

It does put a little bigger hole in animals than a 243 or 6mm and can shoot a heavier bullet to mention a couple of pluses. Always wanted to try some 117 gr RN Hornadys in it but haven't felt the need.

My Dakota in .250-3000:



And the 700 Classic:

Just had one built. It doesn't really fit conventional styles but hey, it blows my hair back.

I recently had Tony Small, my gunsmith rebuild my 250 Savage varmint rifle into a stalking rifle.

All three of my custom rifles by Tony have the same stock dimensions and shape. Only the forends and weight for each rifle differs. I contributed many parts and ideas and Tony turned it into a rifle I have wanted for many years. This should have been my first custom rifle, however dreams and trips to Africa and NZ put those plans and finances on hold.

Pictures and captions tell a story quicker than typing it out.

Barrel was a special order .25 cal �Lothar Walther 1 in 10" profiled blank. They don't make a .257" so it cost a bit more than their pre-chambered barrels. A 250-3000 reamer proved to have a short throat (for 87 grainers) so delivery was delayed while Tony ordered a throat reamer. It now has a +0.035" longer throat for 100 and 120 grain projectiles. Tony suggested a lighter profile and I should have listened to him. This is quite heavy and with mild loads won't warm up till 9-12 rounds have gone down the barrel.



Tonys stock cradle. Wood came from a random block of Queensland Maple. I wanted a little bit of Australia in this rifle and Qld Maple appears in a lot of WWII SMLE .303's. Not a wood like walnut, but with a battle proven pedigree.


Raw stock with pre-fit grip cap. Packmayr recoil pad.


First coat of oil. Not much detail


Trigger guard recontoured with older floorplate (replaced with a new one)


Butter knife bolt handle in the white.


Ten coats of hand rubbed oil and one of stock wax.
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Recknagel front sling wivel, custom contoured
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Dakota Arms sling swivel, inletted. No engraving on this rifle. Kept in plain, black and Maple.
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The Underbelly. Trigger is a Sako. Balance is just behind the front action screw.
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Not shown are the action screws which were made from scratch, indexed and the rear screw head contoured to fit the curve in the metalwork. The rifle is finished in Tony's magnificent rust blue.
First group post sight in, a load of 33 grains of 2208 under 100 grain Sierra SptBt's went 0.90". It's a shooter.

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

Thats a good looking rifle! Old people like me really like blueing and wood.