Thread: 6.5 Creed V 7-08

Originally Posted by Nick-D

Pretty sure 25 creedmoor isn't a thing. Yet

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It is.
Check this link out quite a good read, offers some great performance but relies on the specialty projectile, 131gr Match bullet with 0.330 G7 BC (140gr ELD has a 0.326 BC).

https://coldboremiracle.com/2018/10/...-25-creedmoor/

Originally Posted by jakewire

This is going no where, again.

What we should do is have a real comparison, we should compare the 257 Roberts with the 25 06

I'm continually told the 25 06 is shit!
This is told to me by friends, by people I know, by people I don't know but have a loose association with on the internet therefore bearable, and finally by people on the internet I don't know and therefore I don't give a fuck about what they say.

The 257 Roberts or, Bob, if you are the friendly but ever so mildly patronizing type of guy every social set has who wishes all others to think he is au fait , indeed intimate with the whys and wherefores of caliber differentials within the same group.
Is slower, even more obsolete and harder to find in factory form that the 25 06, actually the last one I heard of was a Ruger Hawkeye.

So therefore I would expect it shouldn't even be heard of unless in history books and old men forums, except, it still persists in surprisingly younger folk when the 25 06 is so obviously superior.

The Charts @Flyblown have put up are terrific, perhaps you could do another set for these two.

That should do it.

Tahr, You may now say something , if you wish.

Now you have got me going......time to thread steal...

I hunted for many years taking many deer with a .257 Roberts Ackley Improved. Now this rifle was eventually stolen. So when looking for a replacement I decided on a 25-06, as why not? All literature said the 257 AI was very close to the 25-06 in performance and I had had years of success with the 257 AI so the 25-06 was an obvious choice....... Nah!!! The 25-06 was just not as good! My shooting didn't change, I was using the same projectiles I had left over, but for some reason it just didn't have that "struck down like a bolt of lightning" like the Roberts did.

So I understand that sometimes, even though the books and other people say that 2 calibres are bloody close, that in the real world that its not always the case.

Now to keep looking for a 25-06 to re-chamber as I still have all the brass and the custom dies waiting patiently on the shelf...........................

Me ?
I have no use for a .25 caliber.

Pretty sure even if it does, it ain't got anything to do wit the 257Bob

Originally Posted by jakewire

Pretty sure even if it does, it ain't got anything to do wit the 257Bob

I suppose you want to, "touch base", "pull the trigger on" and "could care less" too?

Sorry....long hot day...couldnt resist.. the .257 is a fine cartridge...

Well he knew that,

Now this thread is fun.

There is a nice rebarreled winny in 257roberts on TM. I decided it has the ballistics of the 260 with 100 to 120gr. If going for a light bullet chucker I would probably go for a fast twist 243ai or 6mm rem

Originally Posted by stevodog

...If going for a light bullet chucker I would probably go for a fast twist 243ai or 6mm rem

Or a 6mm Creedmoor...

Maybe...I haven't looked at it though thought you could fit more powder in the other 2

Originally Posted by stevodog

There is a nice rebarreled winny in 257roberts on TM. I decided it has the ballistics of the 260 with 100 to 120gr. If going for a light bullet chucker I would probably go for a fast twist 243ai or 6mm rem

I do just fine with 120s in 260 not need for 6mm or 257 😝😎

@Tahr

Bob ?.... Is that you Bob ?....Hello... Can you hear me ?...... Bob ?

With regard to the original post, I think the 708 is the better round at normal hunting ranges for big game. I load for a mates 708 and he shoots 140gr sst's into the same hole and really smacks animals hard. Ballistically you get easy speed whereas with my 260 I feel I'm always looking to push it a bit for speed. The 708 performs better with a short barrel as well.
150gr in 708 would be cool with a long mag fit...I imagine 2750fps could be done at a push. I think someone on here is doing that well with a 7 x 57.

I keep going out to buy a 708 and come back with something different all the time.