250 savage ?

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Whats out there for commercial ammo?or is this a handloaders propisition?I spy a nice rifle chambered for the 3000 but am worried about finding fodder for her..

What say thee fellow nutz?

JW
 
It is a very easy cartridge to reload for if you can't find factory ammo.

Even if you can't find factory brass, which Winchester still produces BTW, you can simply run 22-250 brass through a 250 Savage sizing die.
 
Ran into the same thing last spring, but in my case bought the rifle then went looking for the ammo. Came up empty, got bent over at a show... 10 days later some hit the shelf at the local shop. 100's and 80gr
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Remington and Winchester still produce it, 100-grain only. $35 a box from Wholesale Sports, IIRC. I just saw a dozen boxes in the Kenora, Ontario Canadain tire at about $27.00 a box.
It is easy and fun to reload for. If your rifle is modern it will have 1:10 twist rifling. Older (pre-1960) rifles have 1:14 twist. I have had GREAT results with Reloder 15 and any flat-base cup'n'core bullets in older rifles. As examples, the Rem PSPCL 100, Sierra and Speer flatbase 100's, Hornady flatbase 100 and 87 grainers. DO NOT use Partitions, Ballistic Tips, boattails of any sort, or Barnes Bullets. They will not stabilize in a 1:14 twist rifle as they are too long.
Newer rifles will shoot any weight up to 120 grains.
 
Where you are matters.
Epp's and Shooter's Choice, in Waterloo, list ammo. As mentioned, Remington and Winchester load it.
It is better to reload though. Factory ammo gets expensive quickly.
 
What kind of rifle as rifling twists vary? Some are 1-10 and others 1-14.The latter may not shoot 100gr SP unless they are short ogives like Speer[the shortest] Harold
 
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