NOE .25 cal mold ideas for a 250 Savage

[bob15]

I looked on the search but didn't quite find what I was looking for, so here i am......

Has anyone with a 250-3000 try using NOE's 260-100-FN in a 99 Savage? Or even the 260-113-FN? I have 1:14 twist that I was thinking the 100 grain would be nice for whitetail. I have a couple other 99's in 1:10 that should work well in either weight. Would be using gas checks with both weights.

Anyone have any experience with NOE's .260 offerings? The other option would be Saeco's 100 gr mold....

[Harter66]

I've shot the 260-120 fp in a Bob and patched up for a 6.5 .

I have a 260-120 rn that was milled to a 90 gr PB but I haven't shot it yet.

[Shuz]

I have no experience with the NOE designs you have mentioned, nor with the Savage 99; but I've been shooting cast boolits in CBA competition with a .250 Savage cartridge in Remington 700's and a Savage Mdl 16 for over 25 years. The moulds I have are: Cramer 55A, a nominal 100g, Saeco 100g,and RCBS 100g and 120g. My best accuracy has been with the Cramer 55A and the Saeco 100. Powder of choice is Reloder 7.
NOE makes fine moulds, I have several, just not in .25 cal. If I were to start today with the .250 Savage, I would buy the NOE 260-100FN mould and start having fun.

[FredBuddy]

I have the NOE 460-80-RF.

The plain base shoots very well in an old Savage 25-20.

The gas check version shoots well in .257 Roberts.

Both sized 258 with 50/50 alox/jpw. Low and moderate velocities respectively.

[Thin Man]

I also don't have a Savage 99 (at this time) but do have a Winchester M-70 carbine in 250 Savage. Like your rifle it has the 1:14 twist. I started shooting it with J-bullets at 100 grains. These produced patterns rather than groups, anywhere from a 4-6" spread (5 rounds) at 100 yards off a bench. That isn't gonna do! After much reading and experimenting I went to the Nosler ballistic tip 85 grain bullet and got 1-1.25" groups. While Nosler calls this a varmint bullet, it works very well on deer!

The challenge is the 1:14 twist rate. To get a 100 grain bullet up to enough speed to stabilize one would have to overload the 250 Savage cartridge. Not a happy thought. The saving grace of the Nosler bullet is it's shorter length, not just the weight, as compared against any heavier bullet. It stabilizes nicely in my 14" twist Winchester. I suspect you may experience the same scattered bullet patterns with a 100 grain boolit in your rifle. Before buying a mold, why not "borrow" a few boolits in 80 and 100 grain weights and see if they will group in your rifle with your hunting load. I hope this could save you from buying a mold that will not give you what you want.

Thin Man

[rintinglen]

The thinman speaks the truth. My Savage 99 250-3000 will not shoot any bullet over 90 grains very accurately at all. I have an old Lyman 258 464 That casts a short 90-ish grain boolit that works fairly well, but the truth is that I have had that on the back burner for a while now, since California outlawed Cast for Hunting.

[bob15]

Shooting 100 gr Sierra Pro Hunter bullets works in all 3 rifles. The concern is with regards to the 100 being cast. That being said, i did order a NOE 89 gr, brass, 2 cavity GC mold a couple days ago (while it was still in stock). So, that I'll give me something to experiment this winter.

I was going to get the 4 cavity, but wasn't sure on the mold weight......