When I was a kid we thought the cartridge was a ring tailed wonder. One of my classmates used his Dad's hand me down Savage Model 20, man that was a light rifle. Our Senior year a different fella bought a .257 and I got a .244, but the little Savage still didn't take a back seat. The earliest ones came with 1 in 14" rifling and wouldn't shoot any bullet heavier than 100 grains, but later on they went to a 10" twist and now they'll handle any bullet made for the quarter bore.