And for something a little different...

https://i.imgur.com/LAWbUPvl.jpg

Very nice Phil. Looks like my rig except for the scope, mine has a full adjustable tang site. Only have one more full box of Savage left.

The 250 Savage is a great deer cartridge. I have one in a pre64 M70 unfortunately the rifles originally chambered in it had a 1:14 twist rate IIRC to stabilize the light bullets used to get the advertised 3000 FPS. With very careful hand loading I can get just over an inch at 100 yards with a 100gr spritzer bullet.

I should sell it and buy a more modern rifle with a quicker twist rate but what fun would that be??:)

https://www.buffalobore.com/index.ph...t_detail&p=160

This ammunition is not cheap, but, it duplicates original ballistics. It is newly made, reliable, and is not collectible.

Also...... https://www.midwayusa.com/250-savage/br?cid=9359

Peters
 

Peters Ammunition advertising from 1917... Gotta love their colorful ads

Trap3

Randy, That is a great piece of advertising. Thanks for posting it.

Thanks... only have a few pieces of Peters shot shell and trap advertising.

Trap3

Did Model 71s with the bolt peep have a dovetail in the barrel for a leaf sight?

All that I've seen had a filler "blank" in the barrel dovetail slot.

Bill, look at the photo of my 71 with a bolt peep and you can see the filler blank,they all had a dovetail cut in the barrel for a rear sight. The photo is on pages 1 of this thread.