How fast were you pushing them?

by JD, Western Washington, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 15:47 (23 hours, 46 minutes ago) @ AaronB

It was a while ago and I can't get upstairs to look at my records due to having back surgery last week, so this is just by memory...

I believe they were around 2800 to 2850. Factory 100 grain ammo was just over 2500 fps... Pretty slow.

I really like the 250 Savage as a cartridge, but even Speer 100 grain flat base bullets showed that they were tipping at 100 yards. I've talked to some people who say their 1 in 14 twist rifles will stabilize 100 grain bullets, but mine certainly would not, even with an excellent bore. I finally gave up and sold the rifle and moved on to the 257 Roberts with a 1 in 10 twist.