.250 Savage powders

[shuz]

For those who shoot the .250 Sav. with cast boolits, what are your favorite powders and boolits.

 

[RicinYakima]

My favorite, and only .25 bullet I cast now days, is the RCBS CM plain base bullet. My 1920 Savage has a peep sight, so a couple of fast powders work well for plinkers.

 

[shuz]

My interest is shooting for accuracy with the. 250 Savage
The rifle I currently am using is a Savage mdl 16 bolt gun with a 1/10" twist .
Most of my shooting down through the years has been with Remington 700's in this caliber. using 100g boolits. I do have the RCBS 25-85 CM mould, but my experiments with 8g of Red Dot was not successful. Any suggestions?

 

[BudHyett]

I believe Bill Anderson is shooting a .250 Savage in CBA Hunter class. You might check the match results on the CBA website to see what load he is using. I have a Savage 99 in .250 Savage, but is is strictly my hunting rifle with jacketed bullets. The best load for it uses H380 powder.

 

[CZ93X62]

I've yet to attain any accuracy with the plain-based RCBS #25-85-CM past about 1400 FPS. That's using 2 rifles in 25/20 WCF and a Savage 99 in 250 Savage, Keep that one sub-sonic, and it can be a quiet little TACKDRIVER, and far more decisive on rats & vermin than any 22 LR. .

 

[RicinYakima]

I do have the RCBS 25-85 CM mould, but my experiments with 8g of Red Dot was not successful. Any suggestions?

You should get a good plinking load between 4.0 and 5.5 grains of Red Dot with a standard LR primer. My old Savage has a 1/14 twist, so that may have to be factored in.

 

[JWFilips]

My buddy shoots .250 savage a lot on the target range...He shoots "Low Node" like me! Some pretty tight groups!
If you are interested I can get his load data off him ( most are subsonic)

 

[shuz]

I'm trying to achieve groups consistently in the less than 1.5" area at 100 yds in CBA competition. I suspect that 100 to 120g boolits with a 1:10" twist would be better than lighter boolits. I have shot many nice groups of 4 shots in less than an inch, but then the 5 shot group often will contain a flier. I think that as I age, the "nut behind the trigger " has started to loosen!

 

[Bret4207]

Boy, finding a good, longer 25 might be a chore. I haven't done much with cast in my 250 Ruger. Cramer made some gorgeous heavier 25's, but they are hard to find.

 

[RBHarter]

The 260-120 FP NOE is working in Dad's 25-06' , I'm yet to try it in his 257 Roberts .

The 25-06 I suspect is a 1-12" . If you can stay on the target up to 100 gr BTSP it's in a lot of trouble as far as you want to shoot . 115s make it an honest 3200 fps MOA to 400 yd , it was never papered further than that . 120s in Speer , Nos , and Sierra just didn't live up to the standards set by the lighter bullets moving out to a 2-2.5 MOA limits of desirable hunting loads . 700 BDL Varmint Special , 24" barrel .890 at the muzzle .