I`m looking for reloading data for the .250-3000 Savage.. Can anyone help me? I know I can find it on the reloading pages, but I need data with Vihtavouri or Norma first of all..

Can't help you with those powders, Anders, but about any medium rate powder seems to do fine. I'm partial to H 335 or Win 748.

If you are loading for a Savage 99, stay a grain or two down from listed maximums for bolt guns. It's not that the rifle is not strong enough, but the extraction system lacks the mechanical advantage of a bolt gun. Easy to get a case stuck.

Anders,

The .250-3000 is a favorite of mine, and my M99 Savage so chambered just put a whitetail doe down for me yesterday. Does in my part of the world average 100-120 pounds, and this one appeared to be in that weight range.

The 100 Horandy spire point entered the middle of the left shoulder, angled down, and exited just in front of the right shoulder blade, raising all manner of havoc with the parts inbetween. The exit hole in the stretchy skin was smaller, but the exit in the muscle tissue was about half-dollar in size.

The interesting thing is that the little Hornady jerked the rug out from under the deer. No running off (as most of my .308 lung-shot deer have), just laid her down where she was.

Now, to powders. While I have seen recommendation for faster fuels like IMR3031, I much prefer mid-speed propellants like RL15, AA2520, W760, and so forth. I believe Norma 203 and RL15 are kissing cousins. If someone can confirm that, N203 would be a very fine choice for you. I have not used VV N150, but it should make a dandy powder for the little .250.

If the load data you use was taken from a bolt action, I'd drop the charges a couple grains for use in a Savage lever gun. Pre-WWII era M99's aren't as strong as recent models. Post-WWII guns are stronger, but the rear-locking bolt tends to flex enough that you run serious risk of incipient case head separations after 2 or 3 loadings of the brass. My 1970's built M99 does stretch brass with hotter loads, so I feed it lower-pressure loads to keep it happy.

Best regards,
BigIron

I have a .250 AI and reload a 100 gr Nosler Partition with 42 gr N550 to get 920 m/s. I believe that N150 and N550 will be very suitable powders for the standard Savage aswell.
regards Martin