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Lately I have felt the need to play with the old 250 savage. I didn’t want to burn up my factory ammo and I wasn’t feeling like paying the price for some hornady brass. Most days when I go to the range, there is plenty of once fired 6.5 creedmoor brass in the brass box. 6.5 creedmoor being almost identical to a 250 AI case got me thinking I should form it into some 250 savage cases. Im pretty sure I’m not the only one to have done this, but there might be some others out there looking to shoot their old 250 savage that hadn’t thought of it, so I figured I would post my experience with it. The 6.5 creedmoor brass sizes down quite easy. After running it through my full length die I had to trim .054” off the case. I fired a light load to fire form the shoulder. My trim length was 1.902”. After firing they shortened by only .002”, to 1.900”. I tried Winchester cases and hornady. Both seemed to work just fine. So if you have a bunch of time on your hands, here is a cheap way to make some 250 savage brass. The picture below shows a 6.5 creedmoor case, to the right of it a formed and trimmed 250 savage case from a creedmoor case and to the far right a Winchester and hornady case after being fireformed.
 

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Nice. I've not played with a 250-3000 for close on 20 years. I made my brass by annealing and fire forming 22-250 with a bit of Bullseye and cornmeal. Bit messy - lol. Such a sweet little cartridge, though
 
I was playing with resizing .22-250 brass to .250 in the fall. I can find fired .22-250 brass almost anywhere at a good price; I haven't noticed a steady supply of 6.5mm Creedmore at my range. .22-250 was easy and worked just fine, final volume seemed to match very closely with the factory R-P cases I had been using, so no need to change the loads I have been using.

But just last night I found a sealed bag of 50 Winchester .250-3000 brass! The old blue and white bags, it's been sitting in a reserve box so long I forgot about it. w00t!
 
I have made a couple from 22-250 for no other reason than I was bored.
I have started using & hunting with my old 77 in 250, I had forgot what a complete pleasure that cartridge is to shoot!
I'm fortunate in that over the yrs I've accumulated probably couple hunderd cases.
Mines is not a tack driver but off the bench with a decent scope, most groups run in the 1" to 1-3/4" range.
That's good for 300yds if needed with a good rest although I've never shot a game animal that far in over 50yrs of hunting!

Edited to add: Did I mention what a PLEASURE the 250 is to shoot!!
 
I believe the 1 in 14 inch twist of the 250 Savage is its handicap.
The performance would be vastly improved with a 1-10 or even 1-8 twist, which will stabilize heavier bullets.

Are there any rifles in 250 Savage with a 1-10 or 1-8 twist out there?
 
mephisto002 said:
I believe the 1 in 14 inch twist of the 250 Savage is its handicap.
The performance would be vastly improved with a 1-10 or even 1-8 twist, which will stabilize heavier bullets.

Are there any rifles in 250 Savage with a 1-10 or 1-8 twist out there?
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Savage model 14 American classic and model 16 250 Savage both came in a 1-10 twist, Savage made some model 14 and 16 rifles chambered 250 & 300 Savage back about 16-17 years ago.
 
mephisto002 said:
I believe the 1 in 14 inch twist of the 250 Savage is its handicap.
The performance would be vastly improved with a 1-10 or even 1-8 twist, which will stabilize heavier bullets.

Are there any rifles in 250 Savage with a 1-10 or 1-8 twist out there?
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Old ones had the 1-14 twist all the newer ones (in the last 40 years or so) have 1-10. I've owned both. For 1-8 you'd need a custom barrel. - dan
 
RCBS at one time made reforming dies that you could reform 30/06 or 308 to 250 then to 22 250 part number for them is 55060
not sure if they still make them or not.
 
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