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Paladin

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3. You'd like the rifle I took my first deer with.

Reply to Eleanors38 (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 12, 2013, 09:18 AM

Oct 2013

It was an old Savage 99 as well. Caliber: .250-3000 (also known as the .250 Savage). You really have to be an old-timer to remember that round, it was one of the first small bullet/high velocity calibers to come out. Its casing was necked down by wildcatters to produce a round that is more familiar in these times: the .22-250.

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cool video from WFG [View all] gejohnston Oct 2013 OP

Nice story! ManiacJoe Oct 2013 #1

Thanks for this. As I start the down side toward 70 I see opportunities Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #2

You'd like the rifle I took my first deer with. Paladin Oct 2013 #3

I've read about that round -- started the whole trend. Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #4

That .250-3000 had a Weaver K-4 scope on it---of course. Paladin Oct 2013 #5