250-3000 savage

[lucky guy]

I have a little gap between my 223 and my 06, and I'm thinking I like the looks of the 250 savage.  I know there are some M77 ultralights around.  What else comes to mind for a light bolt action mountain rifle in that caliber.  I see some 722's, some 700's, an occasional Win featherweight.  Any others I'm missing?

   

[chutesnreloads]

Savage has advertised as chambering for that cartridge.Why not a Savage?

[jager]

You've picked a great caliber to "span" the two that you got . The Savage might be easier to find, less costly, and just as accurate; plus, you'd have a "switch barrel" for the future! Either way, the 250/3000 is a very versatile caliber that can also handle up to 120gr bullets with a 1:10 twist.

[anweis]

Great cartridge, and the most interesting rifle i ever saw chambered for it was a Ruger 77 International full stock carbine stainless steel with a walnut stock.
I would bid on this, but i have enough.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=164285573
  

[alan in ga]

Stainless Mannlicher in 250~! I don't care for the 18.5" barrel though!
I had a Ruger 77RL in .250 with a 20" skinny barrel. Made a .250 Savage Ackley Improved out of it. Sold it after finding a Ruger 77R Liberty [200th Year of American Liberty]. Bought it for one of my sons. Found another 77R  in .250 for my other son, bought it.
I built my own .250 Savage Ackley Improved using a new stainless Ruger 77 Mark II and a Shilen barrel. I left the barrel at 24" and it is VERY accurate.
Don't wait for a 'rare hard to find' rifle, just have a top grade barrel fit/chambered to what you want and HAVE IT. Factory barrels are a gamble anyway.

[lucky guy]

Stainless Mannlicher in 250~! I don't care for the 18.5" barrel though!
I had a Ruger 77RL in .250 with a 20" skinny barrel. Made a .250 Savage Ackley Improved out of it. Sold it after finding a Ruger 77R Liberty [200th Year of American Liberty]. Bought it for one of my sons. Found another 77R  in .250 for my other son, bought it.
I built my own .250 Savage Ackley Improved using a new stainless Ruger 77 Mark II and a Shilen barrel. I left the barrel at 24" and it is VERY accurate.
Don't wait for a 'rare hard to find' rifle, just have a top grade barrel fit/chambered to what you want and HAVE IT. Factory barrels are a gamble anyway.

The 77RL looks to me like the best bet so far.  I've been thinking about other options too. One idea is a CZ 527 rechambered to the 250 savage.  They make the carbine in 7.62x39 that should work for the action and magazine.  Probably just look for the m77rl though.  The Savage is always a good bet but their rifle in 250 is about 7 lbs., I'm looking for light!

BTW, I have a Liberty in '06.     

[Old Fart]

That little hole is filled by a 257 bob in my collection.

[mcwoodduck]

250-3000
257 Roberts.
260 Rem.
6.5X55 Swede.

[lucky guy]

So here's what it looks like.

Savage 16FHSS is chambered in 250 Sav, 7 lbs, about 7-750.  More expensive and heavier with the AccuStock.  

16FSS or 11 FNS can be barreled in 250 Sav at 20" for an upcharge of about 80, 6.25 lbs, up to 6 wks. delivery time.

Looks like a used M77 ultralight is going to be up to a few hundred more.

I have a line on a little used 1952 Sav. 99.  I'll probably still go with a bolt gun though.

[ONE HOLE 4570]

Got a stevens short action $200, $135 Thumb hole replacement stock, $125 ordered a A&B savage 250/3000 barrel from midway, being reamed to 250 ai savage, will be this years deer rifle 1st savage build & easy as pie

[lucky guy]

Got a stevens short action $200, $135 Thumb hole replacement stock, $125 ordered a A&B savage 250/3000 barrel from midway, being reamed to 250 ai savage, will be this years deer rifle 1st savage build & easy as pie.

That's what I'm talking about!  Sounds great.  I've decided to do it on a Marlin XS7 action and rechamber a Marlin 25-06 bbl for it.  I'd like to find somebody that's looking to build a 284 or other 7mm on a XL7.   I'd buy the xs7 in 7mm-08, the other buys the 25-06 XL7 and we trade barrels.

[WyoStillhunter]

There are a ton of 22-250s available these days in both new and used models.  I would look reall hard at buying one of those that is configured to my taste and having it rebarreled to 250-3000.  I'll bet some pawn shop trolling would turn up a likely candidate at a reasonable price.

[lucky guy]

I've been looking around for the last few weeks and the light part is the hard thing to find.  I ordered an XL7 in 2506 today.  I think I found an XS7 in 7-08.

I'll keep you posted.