The 250 Savage is an excellent deer round. It was first advertised to shoot a 87 grain bullet at 3000 fps. Thus the name 250-3000. I have a lever 99 and a Remington 700 Classic both chambered in that caliber. I do quite a bit of gun trading but the wife informed me in no uncertain terms that if she ever went to the cabnet for her 250, IT HAD BETTER BE THERE.

This is one caliber that was just made for the 100 grain Ballistic tip. It pushes that bullet at about 2850 without straing it and I think 3000 would be doable. However at 2850 the deer drop right now and its pretty darn accurate. It will push the old Barnes 100 X bullet past 3100 fps with the same powder charge as used to get 2850 from the Ballistic tip. I would guess this is due to the longer bullet having more bearing surface. Very low recoil. It performs well with the old WW 100 grain Silvertips factory loads but they only clocked 2605 on my chronograph. Still very effective though.

My wife can see no need for any other rifle to exist.