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

@grandapamac you are right but it came out the same time as the Roberts but didn't take off until the late 40s when better powders came along. Bit like the 270.
It was doing well for 20 odd years before it was made a factory cartidge

Originally Posted by csmiffy

@grandapamac you are right but it came out the same time as the Roberts but didn't take off until the late 40s when better powders came along. Bit like the 270.
It was doing well for 20 odd years before it was made a factory cartidge

Greetings again,
Regrettably not all wildcat cartridges make the transition to factory offerings. The .22 Gebby Varminter, now .22-250 Remington is a notable exception. Ballistics achieved by the wildcatters is often at the expense of super high pressures if they are achieved at all. Manufacturers drop slower moving cartridges in favor of something new and sparkly regardless of merit. I guess we need to be grateful for what we do get.
Regards Grandpamac.

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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load 100grn in what you have got.....and try out some of the barnes in about there too if you have the itch...... looking in manuals it appears the 100grn is the balance of weight VS speed the easiest to get most of both.....insaying that anything over 3000fps is going to be good.....if you are looking to ditch barrel to rebarrel anyway..thread the plurry thing and go try it,you are either going to love it or not....and if its not you havent wasted $$$$$ as can put the can on new barrel....if you think your 25/06 has blast and jump,anything bigger is going to be more so.

Have a look at the Blackjack Ace 131 bullets they also do alot of different 25 cal.

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Bloody hell!...just when I thought this thread up and died again, it comes back to life. I cant see why a PH with a 24" barrel would have any more muzzle jump or blast than any other similar calibre - my 25-06 was a 23" barrel on a VZ33 action and it was a pleasure to shoot with 117's. If you have a hankering for another 25 then I say go for it, gather up your bits and make your rifle, definitely sounds like a nice choice. There will be some that suggest you change to a 6.5 or maybe another calibre because of x y z, but dont listen to them. And then post up your progress as you proceed, a lot of us will be interested to live vicariously. I have a hankering for another 25, but Im going the opposite way and hope to build a nice compact 250-3000 with maybe a 20" barrel, just to scratch an itch and to fill a gap in my unsafe.

Originally Posted by gregdudehunter

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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For god's sake sell it to someone who will love it as a 25/06! - get something else to bastardize!

Originally Posted by Husky1600

Bloody hell!...just when I thought this thread up and died again, it comes back to life. I cant see why a PH with a 24" barrel would have any more muzzle jump or blast than any other similar calibre - my 25-06 was a 23" barrel on a VZ33 action and it was a pleasure to shoot with 117's. If you have a hankering for another 25 then I say go for it, gather up your bits and make your rifle, definitely sounds like a nice choice. There will be some that suggest you change to a 6.5 or maybe another calibre because of x y z, but dont listen to them. And then post up your progress as you proceed, a lot of us will be interested to live vicariously. I have a hankering for another 25, but Im going the opposite way and hope to build a nice compact 250-3000 with maybe a 20" barrel, just to scratch an itch and to fill a gap in my unsafe.

.257 Roberts in a modern action would be nice too.

Originally Posted by 257weatherby

For god's sake sell it to someone who will love it as a 25/06! - get something else to bastardize!

like you..........lol

Sorry the photos are upside down. So the first photo is of my 25 as it is today. The only scope I have ever had on it which is a tasco 4-12x56 Ausinel bridge mount. Barrel and action coated by HPC in Brisbane and bolt Parkerised by Status guns in Invercargill so you can see why i don’t want to touch this gun @257weatherby. The next shot is the new Boyd’s stock I bought for the project and the doner action and 30/06 barrel which i will get pulled when lockdown is over. What I was hoping @257weatherby was that you would talk me into using your namesake instead of the 06. Lol. Have you tried both? I just did the cartridge comparison between the 224 I use and 30 cal. I like fast guns and fast cars which I can still handle but have given up on fast women


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SERIOUSLY dude you cant bastardise a thing of beauty like that....

No mate I won’t be Will build the new gun on the other action and Boyd’s stock.


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