Need Help Identifying this Savage Rifle

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yukima

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Hello everyone, new to the forum here, I need some help from you guys. I have an old savage 250-3000 here which once to belonged to my Grand Father, when my grand father passed years ago, my father inherited the rifle. When he was shipping the rifle back home he had removed the bolt and placed it in another box, and the box just happed to get lost resulting in the bolt getting lost also.

We would like to find another bolt for the rifle, but we don't know the model number of the specific gun.

It's a Savage 250-3000, but there is not much more then that written on it besides it saying Savage Super Sporter, and a serial number starting in 133xx.

Here is a couple photos of the gun.

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Also Would anyone know of a possible place to buy a bolt for the gun?

Thanks
yukima
 
I once had a 30-06 that looked very, very similar.
I think your chances of finding a bolt are extremely slim. Even if yo had a bolt, it would have to be checked for headspace and maybe adjusted at considerable cost.
It was pretty well bottom of the line to start with, so to me, it would be a parts gun.
 
Yeah it does Jason. Only difference with this rifle and the one you have pictured is, my stock has a pastern on it, and yours is smooth.
 
yukima said:
Yeah it does Jason. Only difference with this rifle and the one you have pictured is, my stock has a pastern on it, and yours is smooth.
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If by "pastern" you mean checkering you are correct. :p Relax we all make spelling and grammar mistakes. I'm thinking that since these were cheaper rifles in their day yours might have had checkering cut after purchase. I'm only guessing that they probably came uncheckered to keep costs down.
 
You could try Western Gun Parts
in Edmonton for a bolt, long shot , also
post a wanted to buy in the equipment exchance
and maybe some one has a gun that is shot with a bolt.
BTW, that mag could be worth almost as much as the gun,
thou I am not up on this model.
Looks like a model 40, made 1928-40; I don't see super sport listed in the blue book.
Could look it up on the FRT disc and may find it thou.
 
Your Savage Super Sporter was top of the line gun from Savage at that time and are very slick! On the subject of finding a bolt, it will be very difficult and fitting maybe a problem. The rifling in these guns are designed for bullets weighing no more than 100 grains, I tried some 115 grainers in mine and found out that the rifling is all wrong for heavier bullets, optimum for 80gr bullets! If you are interested in selling the gun for parts I am very interested as an extra clip and stock would be welcomed in my house, take care Dale in T-Bay
 
After checking around in other places, i found that the Model 40 came un-checkered, and the model 45 had a checkered stock. I don't think that the checkering was done after purchase because we are Inuk and live in a real remote location, and when my grandfather owned it back in the day it would of been impossible to get professional cutting done.

And i kinda figured it would be really hard to find a matching bolt for it, just thought id look around for my dad, the rifle brings back a lot of memories from his childhood, would be nice to get it in shooting condition again.

Thanks for the help guys.
 
yukima said:
After checking around in other places, i found that the Model 40 came un-checkered, and the model 45 had a checkered stock. I don't think that the checkering was done after purchase because we are Inuk and live in a real remote location, and when my grandfather owned it back in the day it would of been impossible to get professional cutting done.

And i kinda figured it would be really hard to find a matching bolt for it, just thought id look around for my dad, the rifle brings back a lot of memories from his childhood, would be nice to get it in shooting condition again.

Thanks for the help guys.
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Thanks for this. My former post would have been completely different, had I known about you.
That rifle is a nice piece of history for you. I would treasure it and give it a place of honor, even without a bolt.
The calibre is interesting. I imagine the 250-3000 would be good for caribou, as well as shooting seals, and would be a top calibre for the longer ranges. I have heard they later used 222 Remington for shooting seals, after the 222 came on the market.
I hope we can hear more from you and about your area and shooting.
 
It is real interesting to see these family guns from remote parts of Canada, a real treat! I know the checkering is factory original to the gun, the only extra that was available for your Dads gun was a Lyman model 40 style peep sight wich are quite simply made but very hard to find by themselves. I am still looking for one for my model 40 Savage! On another note my friends gunshop use to sell quite a few 222 Rem rifles to young Inuit hunter an Native Canadians living in Seal teritory! good luck and if I come across a beater rifle I will give you a shout so you can complete your dads gun, take care Dale in T-Bay
 
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