Savage 99 250-3000

[Doug627]

Does anyone have a source for 250 Savage brass? I was thinking of resizing Remington 22-250 cases to 250 Savage. My dilemma is I don't want the same head-stamp on both cartridges. I have Winchester 22-250 cases. If I had a different head stamp for the resized cases it would be easy to tell them apart. Even 22-250 brass is difficult to find. Lapua is simply outrageous.

 

[GSP Fan]

Brass is always an issue with the 250 and 300 Savage's. I have had to buy new ammo just for the brass. I put a notify me tag on Midway USA to let me know when some comes in.

 

[rockquarry]

Brass is always an issue with the 250 and 300 Savage's. I have had to buy new ammo just for the brass. I put a notify me tag on Midway USA to let me know when some comes in.

When you locate hard-to-find brass, buy enough to hold you over for at least five years. I learned this lesson the hard way with .32-40 brass. It seems a manufacturer like Winchester will make a single production run of .32-40, .250 Savage, or something else that isn't popular and then not make it again for several years.

 

[bigmoose]

The thread listed below details the rifle that Savage introduced the .250-3000 with.

Savage 1899 .250-3000 c. 1915

 

[GSP Fan]

If you want to make 250 Savage brass from 22-250 cases I would fire form the brass vs necking it up. The shoulders on the two are different and I've had better luck fire forming brass.

 

[rockquarry]

If you want to make 250 Savage brass from 22-250 cases I would fire form the brass vs necking it up. The shoulders on the two are different and I've had better luck fire forming brass.

Not arguing, just curious... I've only formed the brass on one occasion to see if it would work alright. Running it through a sizing die once was fine and it fireformed perfectly. However, I had to turn case necks, something one may or may not have to do depending on the brass and the rifle's chamber.

I've fireformed much brass for a variety of wildcat and improved cartridges years ago and am familiar with the process.

When you were experimenting with this, why did the necking up procedure not work as well as fireforming? Either way, the case is fireformed, but with the necking up you can use a full charge or close to it on the first firing.

 

[GSP Fan]

I have two Improved rifles and just always fire formed the brass for them so it just seemed the way to go when making 250 brass from 22-250 cases. Also doing it this way the brass if formed exactly to the chamber of the rifle.

 

[rockquarry]

I have two Improved rifles and just always fire formed the brass for them so it just seemed the way to go when making 250 brass from 22-250 cases. Also doing it this way the brass if formed exactly to the chamber of the rifle.

I've also had a couple of .250 Ackley Improved rifles. This cartridge may be the most efficient of all the Ackley Improved designs and the percentage of velocity gain over the standard cartridge is probably greater than all the rest of the Ackley Improved cartridges. However, I've found whitetail deer couldn't tell any difference.

 

[GSP Fan]

I have a fondness for the 7X7 AI. The rifle is built on a Sako action