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Here is a link to a story about it in the local paper with a slideshow of some of the damage. http://www.eacourier.com/news/hail-rain-damage-homes-street/article_39d58ffc-8ea7-11e6-bc53-af5fc8fb53bf.html

There was still hail along the gutters and in some yards at 5:00pm yesterday afternoon. I live about 10 miles south of town and all we got was a nice steady rain for about an hour. We didn't get any of the wind or the hail at our place and I was shocked to see town Sunday morning. Safford and the Solomon area definitely took the brunt of it. Crazy Storm.

6mmBR is where I would start and stop cartridge wise. 29-30gr of powder will push 105 class bullets to 2800fps plus and barrel life that rivals the 308. Easy recoil and excellent ballistics.

How about a news outlet? or Security firm? They may be able to help.

I will look at what I got when I get off work this evening and let you know.

Whats your location? I have 8 or 10 factory take off stocks mostly the plastic ones but I think I have a wood one or two as well. Blind mag? Centerfeed or staggered feed?

Bell & Carlson is a nice stock with great features for the money and not so expensive you worry too much about it being damaged.

Leupold is a great choice. I am not a huge fan of the 34mm tube though as it really limits you on ring choices and the scopes are just so big. That's just like, my opinion though man.

Got to love an old Savage 99 in .250-3000. Sweet rifles. Remington still makes brass for it but they only do it in seasonal runs and like Jeff says its marked .250 Savage. I was surprised to see Hornady making it a few weeks ago when browsing online. I'm not a fan of Hornady brass but for the price and for an obscure cartridge you can't really go wrong.

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That's one of the coolest pictures I think I have ever seen posted on this site. Beautiful Ram too!

Cleaning out the closet this past week and posting stuff I don't need or have a use for anymore. I am located in Safford and buyer pays shipping. #1 Nikon Action Zoom Binoculars 10-22x50 like new in box with tri-pod adapter. $100.00 #2 Bushnell 12x50 Binoculars no box but like new. $40 #3 Standard hand guard for mid length M4 AR. Unknown make. $10 #4 Couple of 50 round MTM ammo cases with handles one green one blue for small rifle cartridges. .223 .204 and such. SPF. #5 Two antler mounting kits. One new in package and the other is opened but not used with all hardware. $5 each #6 New in box Vector 1/4" Capital letter & number Punch set. SPF.

#4 & #6 are SPF.

Bullet weight and design has great effect on bullet length. The ABLR bullets are a heavy for caliber bullet with a secant ogive design, meaning the nose of the bullet is much longer and sleeker than a normal tangent ogive design such as the game king. Do the same measurement process with a sierra game king in your 7mm and you will end up much closer to the standard measurements.

6.5wsm will do anything the SAUM will. Built on a long action offers a lot of room for the good bullets and you can use the same slow burning powders in it too. 3100-3200 with 140s is easily done.

The 8.5-25x50 is an awesome scope and crystal clear at any power. I have the VX3 model fine duplex I bought about 2 years ago now and have it on my match gun. Tracks perfectly and I have had zero issues with it.

65gr Sierra Game King is a great bullet for just about everything and will tackle pig and deer no problem. I run the 69gr TMK in my .22-250 and they shoot beautifully. They thump Coyotes really good too but I haven't had a chance to shoot them at any game bigger yet. Willing to bet they would make a great bullet for hunting purposes with performance similar to the Amax. Sierra does not recommend them for hunting but they also state that they have a thicker jacket than the Blitz line of bullets. My guess is the new tip will more than likely provide reliable expansion every time where the standard Match King can be hit or miss sometimes and why they are not recommended for hunting.

I just bought a set of the vortex vulture 15x56 HDs for the wife and have been pleasantly surprised with them. I am not a fan of vortex at all but so far they have been a great buy for the $559 Sportsman's was asking. As long as they don't fall apart regularly like their rifle scopes I think we will like them.

Here is a couple pics of the rifle and the Kryptec Cerakote job I did. Free bump for a sweet rifle and a stand-up guy to deal with.

I looked up some info last night. The last Savage that I worked on that ran those 215's had a C.B.T.O. of 2.643". That is the maximum allowable length in the magazine. That puts the C.O. A. L. right at 3.548" using the published nose length of .905 found in Bergers product catalog. 3.600" may chamber but I doubt it will fit the magazine.

Sounds like your looking at the new ABM ammo. Chances are the 3.6 won't fit in a factory magazine but it may chamber ok if your throat is long enough. Those 215 almost need to be chambered specifically for that bullet because they are so long.

The Sendero contour is what is holding you up. Since it's a Criterion I am going to assume that it is for a Savage action. If you would have went with a normal varmint contour you probably could have found one in stock no problem. Custom barrels take a long time. I ordered a 28" full bull Shilen select match in 6.5-300WSM one time and was quoted 4-5 months at time of the order. Took them exactly 14 months to get it to me. I wasn't real happy about that but it sure shot good.

I've been on the inside track on this build via text with Chris and he's built a nice rifle that shoots just as good as it looks. I am starting another build for a friend / client of mine in 6.5-06AI. Got all the components ordered up last night. Bartlien #3 27" 5R 8 twist blank, 200 Berger 140 Hybrids, Leupold VX3I 6.5-20x50 and a Boyds featherweight thumbhole stock. Going to be built on a tang safety Ruger M77.

You can buy any number of budget entry level rifles that will be just fine for hunting use for about the same cost of a new barrel let alone the new barrel and the smith work to get it installed. You are looking at about $300 for a quality barrel and another $300 in smith work to get it chambered and installed. You can buy a brand new Rem 700 or Savage and have money enough for a decent optic for $600. I would clean it up best I could and keep it as close to original as I could and use it.

Pics of rifle and dead flies?