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Offline harrys

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250 savage
« on: November 23, 2008, 05:19:30 AM »
I have a savage 99 made in 1936 all i shoot in it is 75 gr v max with 35 grs of imr 4320 it destroys a deers vitals with almost instant kills.I ahva a 25 06 and i use the same bullets with same results. You don't need big calibers n big bullets u just need time behind a scope and a brain to take good shots.

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Re: 250 savage
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2008, 09:57:30 AM »
Sorry to disgree, but you also need luck and a hunting area that guarantees you plenty of broadside lung shots.  In many parts of the world your technique would not work at all because to wait for the perfect broadside shot would mean passing up 90% of the shootable deer you see.  If you tried your load on an angling shot from behind the last rib it would likely not reach the vitals, leaving a badly wounded deer to die a slow, agonizing death.  No honorable hunter wants that to happen.

From my own extensive experiences with many different .25s, I would recommend that 95% of .25-caliber hunters use hunting bullets of 100 grains or heavier in both cartridges if big game is the target.  Using a load which limits your shot options is not the best way to maximize your chances to fill your tags.



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Re: 250 savage
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2008, 05:13:15 AM »
I`m with Lone Star. I want a bullet that will penatrate enough that I don`t have to pass up those running away shots.

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Re: 250 savage
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2008, 12:10:19 PM »
Sooner or later, using Varmint or Match type bullets for hunting will bite you in the butt. >:(
There  are good reasons why the bullet makers warn against doing it.

NOT to stir things up, I never owned a rifle chambered in this cartridge, a friend did and neither one of us was impressed with the performance using the old style Winchester Silvertips on fallow deer.
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