250-3000 Savage

[dave cash]

I have a 250 Savage (model 1899) that I inherited. In the case with this old beauty was an extra barrel, .410 ga. It looks practically brand new,with a manufacture date of June 1, 1909 stamped on it. The serial number on the rifle is 247549. Did these come with an interchangeable barrel? I appreciate any info I can get on this.

 

[Vaarok]

There were some Savage takedowns that had a .410 barrel that could be fitted in place of the rifled barrel and used as a single-shot with no forend installed.

If it's a proper set, handfitted, they're quite valuable to Savage collectors. A local collector had gotten one at the gunshop a year or so ago and he summarized it for me, and going off memory he paid around two grand for a factory cased example.

 

[Mighty_Joe_Young]

It looks practically brand new,with a manufacture date of June 1, 1909 stamped on it. The serial number on the rifle is 247549.

Manufactured in 1923; 1909 is a patent date.

Some of the takedown Model 1899s/Model 99s came with .410 barrels, but not all. You can pay John Callahan, Savage's historian, $30 for a research letter that will detail when the gun was manufactured, shipped, and to whom it was shipped when new.

John T. Callahan,
Savage Arms Historian
53 Old Quarry Road
Westfield, MA 01085

Values are difficult to ascertain from an internet posting.

 

[Germster]

You have a very nice Savage there my friend. I had a gun nut buddie who had one. His was a 22 High Power/.410. He searched all over the place for a forearm for the shotgun barrel. Then he found out that they never had one.

The 250/3000 Savage named such because it could push a 25 caliber bullet to 3000 fps, hiper velocity in those early days. They loaded an 87 grain pill to get it to go that fast. It is similar to a 257 Roberts and is still a great deer, cayote round. Those two barrel sets are really a rare and valuable gun find. Cherish it.

Price? I'm no expert, but in the thousands is my guess. I'd love to have one, but I'm dirt poor. Aren't we all in this day and age?

 

[Smokey in PHX]

dave, you have a great rifle there and a very valuable one at that. Follow through with the info Joe supplied and you will have more value in it. The more history the more value.

I have a .250 in a Mod 99 and they are a great rifle. A lot of deer were shot with mine using 100 gr CoreLokts. Mine was made in 1946.

 

[highlander 5]

The 250 Savage is a very nice combo cartridge,why everyone dotes over the 257 Roberts is beyond me.

 

[Germster]

The 250 Savage is a very nice combo cartridge,why everyone dotes over the 257 Roberts is beyond me.

The two rounds are similar.