desert ranger Report post Posted October 17, 2010 Just for fun, I may hunt Whitetail this season with a Ruger 77 in .250/3000. It drives a 100 grain Hornady at 3000 fps. It shoots MOA; no recoil to speak of and weighs about 7 3/4 lbs field ready. The more I write the better it sounds! Anyone had experience with this kind of armament? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.270 Report post Posted October 17, 2010 i've shot a .250 for many decades. mine is a 99 savage. it's an excellent deer cartridge. i'd love to have a ruger. is your's an old flat top? or is it an international? i've looked for a model 70, but they are way to 'spensive. one o' these days i'll run into a ruger at the gunshow and bring it home. but the .250 is a very good round, for about anything. Lark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted October 17, 2010 i've shot a .250 for many decades. mine is a 99 savage. it's an excellent deer cartridge. i'd love to have a ruger. is your's an old flat top? or is it an international? i've looked for a model 70, but they are way to 'spensive. one o' these days i'll run into a ruger at the gunshow and bring it home. but the .250 is a very good round, for about anything. Lark. Like Lark, I've had a 99 Savage in 250/3000 for many years and used it a couple of times on Texas Hill Country deer, which usually were only very slightly smaller than our Arizona whitetails. It did everything it needed to do. I also have a Ruger 77 in .257 Roberts with which I've taken pronghorn in Wyoming, Coues and mule deer in Arizona, and feral goats, red deer and sika deer in New Zealand. George Parker hunted lots of game all over the world with his .25/06, including all of his many North American sheep and big kudu and eland in Africa. The 250/3000 is suitable for everything we hunt in Arizona, including elk, with proper bullet placement. Those last three words, in my opinion, are the most important element in humanely killing an animal -- and much more important than velocity or bullet size, type or weight. Get within 150-200 yards of your buck, do your part and your rifle will put it down cleanly. Bill Quimby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
desert ranger Report post Posted October 17, 2010 Thanks guys. I actually have two. I have a take-down Model 99 and standard Ruger model 77 made in 1976. Never hunted with either but use the .257 Roberts and .25/06 all the time. I have no doubt that the .250 will live up to it's reputation! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roninflag Report post Posted October 18, 2010 i have had good results with an 85 out of a .243. either a 100 or an 87 .250 for coues. enjoy your hunt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
