bought my daughter a model 99 need bullet and powder recomadations
thanks
wayne

I would go with H414, or H4895 and stay 2 grs. under book max with anything...The Savage 99 is a favorite of mine and I have 2 in 308 and 1 250-3000...It will allow brass to stretch a bit and may need trimming each load for the most part..Also I highly recommend low base dies and/or full length resizing every time.....

The 250 is an outstanding cartridge and always seemed to kill way out of sinc with its balistics...I have shot a number of elk with it in my early days and if you stick a 100 or 117 gr. bullet in the heart/lung area within 200 yards they make few tracks, and its deadly on deer......

In factory rounds the 100 gr. Silvertip always impressed me as a killer....

Ditto to what Ray said.

I would only add that the Rem FL is also quite a killer. I've had a half dozen or so 250-3000s, all bolt guns, and it is easily in my top three favorite rounds.

I've had excellent results with H414/W760, Re15, Re19, and H4831sc, the last two for the 117-120s. I've also used IMR4320 with good results. If I were starting out, I'd go with Re15, it has been the most coopertative powder for me across the 100-120 bullet range, usually giving top accuracy and good (but not necessarily top) velocity.

It is an outstanding round, and has perform flawlessly for me on deer and black bear.

Good luck.

My savage is more accurate with 87 grain bullets over 100's. Lots of powders work well, what do you have? I did work up loads using Ramshot Big Game and you can use RL-15 starting loads. My best accuracy load was 36.5 grains but work up with caution. Sierra for varmints and Hornady for deer.

for my guns i currently reload i have: varget, h1000, imr4064, reloader 22, and another imr. can 99 beloaded with pointed bullets?