Which .25?

[Calvin45]

Get two barrels

Why? He's using it for hunting and OCCASIONAL target shooting. I mean it's no problem even if it does burn a barrel out. Also HBN treating bullets and bore can hold that particular Gremlin at bay for a good bit longer.

 

[Aussie Hunter Steve]

.257 Weatherby Mag.... shoots flat, hits hard, and is very accurate. What do the other .25 cal cartridges offer that you can't have fixed with the Bee?

 

[GSP814]

25-06.

 

[schamsy33]

25 PRC for me. H1000 pushing Berger 135s 3250fps out of a 24" barrel. Mag fed short action.
Simple choice for me because I already had good 6.5 PRC brass and dies. Change the bushing, neck down, and load.

 

[archeratlrg]

I have 257 rob 257 rob AI 250 Ai 2506 2506 AI 25 284 25 saum 25 300 wsm 25 stw and trying to build a 25 wrpm

That 25 RP is wicked. I built one instead of going with the standard 257 Bee so I wouldn't have to alter my bolt face. Does everything it's magnum brother will do.

 

[beto]

I knew I would get chastised for the use of "best". I guess I should have said, if someone will tell me what it can do that can't be done by another caliber. I'm not trying to start a Creed bashing or promoting thread, just looking for honest feedback from people who have 25 caliber rifles or who have more knowledge than me and understand what all goes on with different calibers. Is there a point at which I would be foolishly wasting powder and barrel life trying to cram too much in a 25? That's the kind of thing I don't know.

I have a wildcat I'm pleased with. I take the .308 Norma Magnum and neck it down to .25 cal.I get 3,750 fps with the 100 gr. bullet .It gets out there !

 

[Bully]

When someone ask about.25 cal, there's only one, the 257 wby. I have had a 25/06, it was good , but never made me smile like a 257 bee. I then tried a 25/06 imp, but still was not was not a 257 bee. I even barreled a 700 action in a 257 stw. It made some gains, but not what I thought it would. Add that with no barrel life and I never went back to it, even though I still have the die set. I now have set up with 135 bergers and it is a match made in heaven!

 

[crystalgayleguy]

That 25 RP is wicked. I built one instead of going with the standard 257 Bee so I wouldn't have to alter my bolt face. Does everything it's magnum brother will do.

25 rp

 

[Zuma]

2506 AI or 25 saum

I agree .25-06 all the way

 

[bengineer]

For a mix of speed/performance and pieces parts availability, a 25-06 is hard to beat. It is probably not top of the heap performance-wise, and incapable in factory standard twist rates of handling long, heavier bullets. But a 100 at 3300 isnt a slouch and is still deadly and flat-ish for a goodly distance. Past that, where holdover/scope adjustment is necessary, a larger diameter and heavier bullet is welcome.
I mostly use my 26" 25-06 for marmots. Im happy to 500ish. The 100 game king is soft enough to be impressive to there.
If you go up in target animal mass from deer, more speed and a harder bullet would be welcome.

 

[RUFFIAN R - NY]

been shooting a 25-06 AI over some 50 years along with a 257 AI. Don't know what brass you have ?? 06 brass is all over the place started with LC National Match 06 and still have some left. Shoot the 110-115 Noslers since day one, and still today- love this one.

 

[crystalgayleguy]

Yes someone on this forum will probably sell you some 2506 brass

 

[Beluebow]

I'd probably do a 25x47L and 131 Blackjacks.

 

[choprzrul]

.257 Weatherby Mag.... shoots flat, hits hard, and is very accurate. What do the other .25 cal cartridges offer that you can't have fixed with the Bee?

Burn less powder?