Newest Addition to the Quarterbore Stable

[Sheltowee]

Went to the opposite end of the fast 25 spectrum for my latest .25-cal rifle, although I suppose it was considered a screamer in its time. Picked up a worn but in pretty decent shape 1949-dated Savage 99 EG in .250-3000, complete with Weaver tip-off rings and an old Bushnell Banner scope. My plan is to try 100gr. softpoints through it but the twist rate calculators tell me I'll have a hard time stabilizing slugs over .900 in length. The .250-3000 99s were 1:14 twist until the mid-60s, when they went to a much more versatile 1:10. Picked up a couple of boxes of Speer 87gr. Hot-Cors as a stand by. I also plan on replacing the Banner with a restored Weaver K4 at some point for a little more historical accuracy. This will probably be mostly a safe queen but I might try to take it to knock over some whitetail does back east just for fun.

Anyone else carrying a Model 99 around the woods or loading the .250 Savage? If so, what loads work for you in the 1:14 twist?

 

[Steiny77]

Nice rifle !
I picked up an old 99 in .300 Savage last winter.

 

[pabearhunter]

GREAT rifle.

 

[Jbotto]

One of grandpa’s rifles that disappeared when he died was a Model 99. My guess it was a fair bit newer as it was a .308. I’d like to get one though. Neat rifle!

 

[Salmonchaser]

I had one for a number of years. I had good luck with 100gr bullets but it would not shoot 120s. Traded it off for a new Walther PPKs when I was a young cop with a new mortgage, kid, wife and truck. Worst thing I ever did was marry that woman. Love the rifle.

 

[std7mag]

I'm shooting a Savage Axis II with an E.R. Shaw 24" sporter with a 1:10 twist.

I mostly use it as my designated coyote rifle.
But I have used it deer hunting and taken a buck and a doe one year. Load was 100gr Ballistic Tips over RL17.

For coyotes I run either a 75gr Sierra HP Varmint or a 90gr Sierra BlitzKing. Both over a lightish charge of Alliant Varmint.
Coyotes out to 400 yards with the BlitzKing is no problem.

 

[noharleyyet]

Venerable platform with fine lines.