Why I sold a load of rifles and kept my 250 Savage

"Market price would fall in the same range as a Model 14 in any other caliber you'll find on GunBroker or the like. These aren't collector pieces by any means so I really don't see their being much of a premium bump just because it's in .250 Sav. To the right person that's been specifically looking for one maybe, but in general - no." --J Baker admin.

I just got back online here and did make decisions to downsize my Bolt Action Rifles. Three to go are 700 Rems in 6mm, .257 WBY, and .30-06. I had acquired these Mark Pro Trigger Remingtons at once in the recall for the glue trigger problem Remington has with there recalls. I never sent the 700s back to Rem and I am keeping the .375 Holland and Holland 100 year anniversary from Reminton with the 22" barrel in the safari or african model it's in. Never had a problem with Remington but will deal with the recalled .375 HH on my own time.

All four Remington 700s I bought from 2009 forward were and are on the recall list. I feel cheated by Remington this way because I don't want to send my .375HH back to a repair shop.

I kept a bolt covering the 6mm:

My Savage Model 14 Classic in .250-3000.

I felt anything I could do with a 6mm I can do with a .250 Savage.

with the bullets today... either will do more than you think.

I hope I have the same fondness for a new to me 250 once I get ready to shoot it. I had a 22-250 Varmit barreled gun I purchased new. Turned out to be a bad buy, couldn't get it to group - 4-6" at 200 yards, I blamed it on throat erosion, and decided to install a new barrel. Since one chambering is the same cost as another, decided to put a 250 Ackley on it. I've wanted a model 12 in the 22-250 anyway, so I'll get that later and put a Shilen match grade stainless varmit contour barrel on the gun. Gun smith was faster than I anticipated, so I'm behind in preparing brass to load and shoot. Hope I like my 250 as well! Always wanted one, they are few and far between.

My first .250 Savage was the 1984 Rem 700 Classic. Up until then I had been shooting 6mm Remington in a 700 ADL.

Did I detect a difference to make one or the other better; or in my comparison is a .250 the same as a 6: No.

The 6mm (.243/.244) was fast and flat but to me in the 1970s it was a bullet either too heavy (a .22-250 is my bomb .22 Centerfire by the way) or the .25-06 was what was the bomb then in the days of Milek the outdoor writer. That .25-06 sends the .25 fast and flat but anything a .257 Weatherby can do at 400 yards a .250 Savage can do at 200 yards.

I limit game shooting at 200 yards.

So I like my Savage Classic .250 Bolt . I prize it.

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Originally Posted by flatshooter

with the bullets today... either will do more than you think.

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Yes. I remember a rifle writer named Clay Harvey comparing the performance of .243, .244, and 6mm with .250 Savage back in the 1980s when Clay wrote books on hunting rifles. This is on target!

I am a firm believer in the little .250 Savage. I don't think a finer more pleasant gun to shoot exists. In fact I often wonder why the .243 was ever invented as the .250 Savage is more efficient, recoils less and provides almost identical performance. Yeah the .243/6mms have higher ballistic coefficients and can beat the .250 in wind drift and drop but in all practical hunting distances with each caliber the difference is very slight. I have a 1916 model 99 takedown model and have built a few bolt guns in .250 for my self, my wife and my nephew and they have proven to be more than capable. I have killed lots of coyotes, my largest coues deer at 667 yards and a feral hog. My nephew took a large cow elk at 200 yards and dropped it in its tracks. With todays powders and a 115gr Berger bullet the little .250 is a highly capable cartridge.

Ah men to that Stomp442! I also love my 250. I picked up an American Classic a few years back for a song. It is easily the prettiest rifle in my collection. Put a Weaver Classic 4 Power on top of mine and it carries and points like a champ. It may not roll the deer over like a 30-06 but if you are patient and use good hunting skills, proper judgement, and marksmanship it will never let you down. Sav 250 I will also hang on to mine till the end!

The 250 is often and under rated cartridge. For some reason the American public doesn't have much love for the .257 bore (or the 358 bore for that matter) and as stated above it is very capable in the 250-3000.

I personally have a 250-AI barrel on a Stevens 200 action and it is proving quite capable and quite pleasant to shoot. This one is a 16-1/2" Varmint barrel, but I will probably get another barrel built that is longer down the road.

The quarter bore is quickly becoming my favorite! I hunted for years with a 270 and loved it, but a couple years ago I fell into a smoking deal on a 25WSSM and absolutely fell in love with it. At the time I had an Savage 99 Takedown in 250-3000 that was my brothers and had been occupying my safe for well over a decade...I got the urge to shoot it one day for chits and giggles and fell head over heals in love with it. When my brother decided he wanted the rifle back for his daughter to hunt with I went out and bought another 250Sav immediately and my daughter loves shooting it and has taken a couple nice bucks with it now. I have since added a custom built Rem 700 BDL LH in 257 Bob AI and if I never buy another rifle I would live (not well, but I'd live...hahaha). I am currently collecting parts to build a 250 AI.

For whatever reason I ignored the quarter bores for a number of years so to rectify that situation I had both a 250 and better 250 (250Imp) barrels made. Some of the guys at camp have "poweritus" and laughed when I sat a little pipsqueak 250 round on the table, "You expect to kill a deer with that little thing?" No, I expected to kill two...and did, two shots, two goats. The following year I debuted the Imp, not one word or as much as a snicker from the peanut gallery. :p

Bill

There is not a better cartridge suited for young shooters or women who are recoil sensitive and there is really no need for a magnum to kill deer or elk for that matter. The .250 does just fine. It warms my heart to see so many that love the .250 on here.