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25-06
clinteasterling
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Is this a rare round these days? I have been to a few stores Cabels & Bass Pro to name a few and they only have a few. I was wondering why, it is a versitable round and shoots really flat?
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I reload and have all sorts of rifles & calibers - 223s, 6 & 7mm, 30 cal & up - looking at the 25-06 as an all day shooter with a little more power than the 6mm Remington. I handle recoil well, 40 rds through a 375 H & H doesn't hurt, but it's not my idea of an all day target rifle.
I already have a Ruger 77VS and it is fantastically accurate. I see it offered in the 25-06 also.
Any thoughts on the caliber or gun?
Mcmillen barrel i think. What would this be worth?
Like what has already been suggested is the 7mm-08, and by all means the 6.5mm clan...like the 6.5x55, and the 260 Remington. Most 6.5mm bullets have high ballistic coefficients, and high sectional density...translating into awesome down range performance on game. Out at 400-500 yards it will have as much snot as a 308, but hits the shoulder like a 243, and flies nearly identical trajectories as the beloved 270. It is hard to beat the 6.5's
Is this a rare round these days? I have been to a few stores Cabels & Bass Pro to name a few and they only have a few. I was wondering why, it is a versitable round and shoots really flat?
I have a Ruger 77 Varmint in 25.06. Great little rifle, I use it when I don't want the 308 recoil for 100 rounds or so of target shooting. Interesting to note, in my gun store travels today I saw a Savage 116 in 25.06 for $300.00. A single shot rifle, I'll bet it's accurate as heck.