With me, Jakeroo, there's a lot of sentiment going with the Savage 250 which fell out of favour with manufacturers 30-odd years ago, came back with some new rifles in that calibre, and now is fading again with ammunition in short supply. I reload.
I got hooked on the calibre many years ago from watching older hunters, all superb marksmen with lever Savage 99s or bolt actions; either design was eye-opening accurate. I read somewhere recently that the 250 had an edge-- with heavier bullets? I'll look again.
Handloading, no problem getting 2500-2600fps with a 120-grain bullet. I'll use either the 250 or 7mm if a caribou hunt shapes up in Labrador next month. It would be the same toss-up for me between the 250 and 243---except for the sentiment.
One caveat: the .25s are finicky, performing significantly better with some cartridges (or loads) than others. The 257 Roberts was really fussy. But I never saw or heard of a 250 Savage that wasn't accurate, given half a chance.
Last edited by King Brown; 11/23/07 05:03 PM.
