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

Originally Posted by Husky1600

Just after a barrel, have nice tidy Husky 1600 that needs a new barrel.

I love those 1600 Huskys only rifle I truly regreted selling. In the meantime for a miserly $550 you can have a great shooting 2506 all set and ready to go

.25s are more projectile sensitive than .270s.

25 projectiles below 100gns are mostly vermin pills. You have to be at 100 or above for medium and large game.

With .270 it’s difficult to buy ammo or pills lighter than copper cup 130s which st what gave the caliber it’s great name as a medium / larger game cartridge.

I'm amazed this thread is going 8 years later!

And how much my view on this thread has changed so radically!

Hahaha

Originally Posted by Rock river arms hunter

I'm amazed this thread is going 8 years later!

And how much my view on this thread has changed so radically!

Hahaha

@Rock river arms hunter Please do tell ?
And assuming you have decided on the unsuitability of this cartridge - and perhaps the 25-cal overall - for reds, then what in your view is the required minimum please, and why ?

What improvement contributes the most in your opinion in moving from the 25-06 to your current minimum?
Cross-sectional area?
Bullet weight (over the max in 25 of 120gr)?
MV (unlikely to be this, the 25-06 is pretty nippy)?
Twist rate (being limited to 1:10) ?

Originally Posted by Puffin

@Rock river arms hunter Please do tell ?
And assuming you have decided on the unsuitability of this cartridge - and perhaps the 25-cal overall - for reds, then what in your view is the required minimum please, and why ?

What improvement contributes the most in your opinion in moving from the 25-06 to your current minimum?
Cross-sectional area?
Bullet weight (over the max in 25 of 120gr)?
MV (unlikely to be this, the 25-06 is pretty nippy)?
Twist rate (being limited to 1:10) ?

In simple terms my whole approach to rifles.

I like shorter barrels nowadays hence my love of the 223 and 308s. It's just a preference.

I certainly won't knock its hit down power as anyone has seen one knows how effective they can be!

I dont knock the 25 cal at all and would love a 25-06 however for the ammo available and the projectile selection I find the old 308 or 7mm bores better suited for me. Its just a case I couldn't justify one to wifey.

In the past i was hunting more private land but now i hunt mostly public and at that its half bush half clearings.

Bumped into this the other day.....

https://ronspomeroutdoors.com/blog/2...HO4xyK9TzYkQ7g

I must say I don't see the point of the rivalry that seems to go on [I think it's a small calibre syndrome thing of having to prove that your guns big enough??] Plus people can generate any graph/table or talk bullshit to prove their point.
Anyway they both do the job. I think if you have a nicely set up rifle in either calibre you'll love it every time you get to pull the trigger.
I like mine it works for me and the hunting I do.

I’ve never used one but they seemed to have a bit of following in the late ‘90s. “Flat shooting”, “low recoil”, and “reliable performance” on medium sized game seemed to be the descriptions of the converted. I remember one guy describing it as the perfect chamois caliber and superior to a 243 in this role. I don’t doubt what was said by those fans of the cartridge. I imagine it was and still is a pretty effective round for the average hunter who isn’t particularly interested in ballistics, and rarely shoots anything beyond 250yd. In terms of recoil, I’m guessing a lot of the rifles back then in that caliber were wood/blue items with longish barrels (at least 24”); combine that with a long action and you’ve got a reasonably heavy rifle, hence the “low recoil” catchcry. But in the current era of light, efficient, short barrelled, suppressed, short action rifles flinging high BC pills at moderate velocities; the 25/06 resembles a bit of an unwieldy barrel burning dinosaur. Still, I’d take one over a 270. Not for any rational reason, just fuckin hate 270’s

I shot my first ever chamois in late 80s with one at a hair over 500 yards (rifle was borrowed from the chap I was hunting with as my 270 / burris 4 power scope was not up to it )................................and I have it on video to prove it. No fancy reticules either just hold over, 2 ft was the call and spot on. Not long after that I slold the 270
I don't look at the video much as I don't want to be reminded I was once a lot thinner !!

I have a poohseventy so are biased......I can down load the old girl with 110grn loads to pretty much duplicate it....or slip in a 170grn and kick heels of the 30/06 .
130-140-150grn loads all do the bizo...mono110s are a bit of a game changer in poohseventy takes the recoil right down......cant see why a heavyish mono in 25/06 wont up its game no end.

One of our forum members used a 25.06 with copper projectiles on a few Tahr hunts, @Brian and @Tahr will remember what projectile it was, was with a blaser rifle and he shot a few bull tahr at 300 plus that dropped on the spot, might have been 90 grain custom made or something, he used the same load on Sambar out back of his farm and never had a failure.

Pretty sure projectile was a 90 grain GS custom?

Originally Posted by nor-west

One of our forum members used a 25.06 with copper projectiles on a few Tahr hunts, @Brian and @Tahr will remember what projectile it was, was with a blaser rifle and he shot a few bull tahr at 300 plus that dropped on the spot, might have been 90 grain custom made or something, he used the same load on Sambar out back of his farm and never had a failure.

Pretty sure projectile was a 90 grain GS custom?

Yes, that's what they were. Poll axed Tahr. Rifle was a Blaser and he could shoot Tahr on the run no problem. A great natural shot.

silly question....was there a 25/08 made??? it would sit between .243 and .260 would it not??

Yes the 25 Souper, very popular in the states for a couple of decades

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

silly question....was there a 25/08 made??? it would sit between .243 and .260 would it not??

25Souper
https://www.ballisticstudies.com/Kno...25+Souper.html

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

silly question....was there a 25/08 made??? it would sit between .243 and .260 would it not??

Fairly sure there was