My antelope rifle is coming along

For some reason I just can't explain, I felt the need to convert my Stevens 200 in 223 to 250 Savage so I could take it antelope hunting. There was nothing wrong with my Ruger 250, I just decided I wanted to use the Stevens.
Today was the first time that I fired the rifle in the new caliber. I'll be needing to do some load development to see exactly what I can get out of this rifle and barrel combo, but it is at least capable of 300yd antelope accuracy with my favorite bullet.
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Most of these shots were fired by boyscouts who happened to be at the range when I was finishing up. The three in the center were mine. (of course they were!)

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Nice groups! Sure the BS Troopers shot those lol . What are you scoping her with?
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Snake River Marksman
I'm not really a fan of high power scopes, my Ruger has a 3x9 Swift on it, my 96 Mauser has a 6x Swift on it, and the 98 Mauser that I lost in the river last year had a 2x7 Tasco on it. (That must have been the only decent scope that Tasco ever made, because it took a lot of abuse and kept on going.)

This rifle has a 3.8x12 Simmons Aetec with lighted reticle. It was first put on this rifle as a nightime fox calling and groundhog rig, when I lived in Maryland. I'll probably leave this one on. But if I change this rifle out again, and go with the 308, I'll switch to another scope in the 2x7 class. Basically, a timber elk and deer rifle sort of theme. Except, my 6.5x55 already fills that niche.....
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MuleyMadness
If the boy scouts shot the others I'm impressed. Mine I was in charge of would have a tough time doing that I'm afraid. :)
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Snake River Marksman
All of them shot well enough from the bench to bring down an antelope at 2-300 yds. I wouldn't just hand them a rifle and tell em to go for it, but with supervision, they were perfect. I have no idea where they were from, they are just visiting the Teton High Adventure Base in Hoback Wy.
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chet
So you just rebarreled it? you had to buy a new bolt too right?
100gr ballistic tip would be excellent medicine!
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Snake River Marksman
You have to change the bolt head, and the "spacer", the magazine box and follower, and the barrel. If I had been going from say, 22-250 to 308, only the barrel would have needed changing. Including the cost of the barrel, I've got about $200 into the change over. I didn't buy the barrel, I got it as a Christmas present, but I'm pretty sure it was about $150. If it weren't for the magazine change I could make the switch in about 15 minutes.
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Hiker
SRM, looks like you're ready to do some wackin.
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Snake River Marksman
Hiker,
I was able to tweak the load a little. I changed over to Imr 4064, and tweaked the seating depth and shrank the groups about 1/2 inch. I also found a great combo with an 80gr varmint bullet that prints to the same point of impact that is going to be death on coyotes. It's shooting in the 1/2 inch range.
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