Thread: 25-06 why hasn't it achieved fame and success in New Zealand?

25/06 Decision. Righto you guys i need some help. I have a 25/06 in a Parker hale with a 24 inch barrel with a 1-10 twist that I bought new in 1977 in Aussie. I have always used the Sierra 120 hpbt as that has been the heaviest available back then and still not much has changed. Shot pigs and goats with it over the ditch and only a couple of fallow and reds here. Buuut it has never been my go to gun because with the short light barrel it has a lot of muzzle jump and a loud blast. I love the gun and can’t bring myself to thread the barrel and fit a suppressor so I haven’t fired a shot out of it in ten years but because it fills the gap between 22 and 30 cal I have had it in my mind to build a gun up to best utilise the cartridge. So the time has come and doing research has brought up the 257 wm as a serious contender in the same caliber. As far as I have been able to find Trueflite ar the only ones with a reamer for the weatherby but only do a 1-10 twist barrel. Vulcan can do down to a 1-7.5 I want to be able to run heavier bullets at faster speeds because of what they do and the longer ranges they give you Hammer Bullets do a solid copper 128 but they will custom make for you and there’s Black jack and Swift. So I am leaning toward the Weatherby. I want to go to a 28 inch barrel with either cartridge to get the most out of the case. So what are your thoughts.


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