The .250 Savage has been used to take just about every critter that walks on this side of the planet. It was also the first commercial sporting cartridge to break that magical 3000 fps mark. You will do best using this rifle, which I assume is a Savage 99 lever action, on deer and similar game. If your gun is a 99, what model is it? Does it have a clip? is it a take-down? Or does it have that cool magazine counter in the side?