Well that tears it... (new caliber)

by AaronB, Monday, March 23, 2026, 14:04 (3 hours, 13 minutes ago)

I saw an ad last week for an estate sale in my town, to be held through the weekend. Said sale was to include reloading supplies and equipment, so I thought I would mosey on over and see if there was anything interesting available.

As it turns out... (I can tell you're all waiting in suspense)... there was, and I brought it home. I got some bullets and a whole lot of brass, not to mention some cartridge boxes and some organized shelving that I could put to good use (my current system of organization being of the "a tornado came through here" school).

I was sitting down sorting brass yesterday and looking at what I thought was about 300 cases of 6.5 Creedmoor. It turns out it was about half 6.5 Creedmoor brass and the other half .250 Savage brass.

So I have about 150 empty brass cases for .250 Savage. I thought to myself "What am I going to do with this?" The reply came to me almost immediately: "Uh, I dunno... shoot some deer with it maybe?"

There's a shop a few townships over that seems to really appreciate the Savage 99, and they keep quite a few of them on the used rack. I am certain they will have one or more of them chambered in .250-3000.

A couple of questions:

1) Will the 14:1 rifling twist stabilize a 100-grain bullet adequately, or should I look specifically for the later 1:10 twist? and

2) Does anyone here have any experience loading and shooting the .250 Savage?

-AaronB