Buy it. I believe Savage chambered the .250 in the model 14 American Classic up to last year and then discontinued it. I don't know that it would be any more valuable but it is a very sweet cartridge. The .250 does not get the praises and recognition it deserves and its a crying shame that it is basically obsolete these days. With todays modern powders and bullets it is an amazing cartridge and capable of much more than given credit for. I have built three .250s over the years one for me one for the wife and one for my nephew. We are all running 115gr Bergers over 2800fps and they kill extremely well. I have taken deer at up to 667 yards feral hogs and a bunch of coyotes with mine and my nephew used his on a big Arizona cow elk at 200 yards. He hit the elk perfectly behind the shoulder and got full penetration leaving a baseball sized exit wound on the off side. Upon field dressing the animal the heart was found lodged up into the Elks neck. Impressed is an understatement. All this performance from a 115gr bullet and 37 grains of powder and only a mouse fart of recoil. Got to love it.
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