Outdoor Life

gejohnston

(17,502 posts) Wed Oct 2, 2013, 06:37 PM Oct 2013

cool video from WFG

crossed posted in Wyoming

5 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

cool video from WFG (Original Post) 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

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)

1. Nice story!

Reply to gejohnston (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 10:25 PM

Oct 2013

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

2. Thanks for this. As I start the down side toward 70 I see opportunities

Reply to gejohnston (Original post)

Fri Oct 11, 2013, 11:52 PM

Oct 2013

Like pronghorn and elk hunts slipping away. But I am fortunate to have friends who invite me on white tail hunts.

Wow! Using an old Savage 99. Not even the Savage Co. makes any rifle chambered for the .300. Good round, but slipping away, too. At least the under-rated .35 REM is still active.

Paladin

(28,717 posts)

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

Reply to Eleanors38 (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 12, 2013, 08:18 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.

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

4. I've read about that round -- started the whole trend.

Reply to Paladin (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 12, 2013, 08:33 AM

Oct 2013

Should have picked up a Model 99 I saw 3 yrs ago in the pawn shop -- it was in .243, and had a cheap scope on it. It was Savage's "economy" model with checkering which rivaled that of my Stevens DBL barrel! But for $190.00 it was a good deal in a common caliber.

Good hearing from you, Paladin.

Paladin

(28,717 posts)

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

Reply to Eleanors38 (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 12, 2013, 09:09 AM

Oct 2013

It was back in the days when a Weaver K-4 seemed like the mandatory scope choice in Texas, like there was some sort of state law or something. Anybody toting a rifle with Leupold or Lyman glass was looked upon as an oddball.

Good talking to you as well.

Reply to this discussion