.25 Caliber Rifle Cartridges and the Future of Them

[Doug Hamilton]

Bob, there must something wrong me, I have 4 big safes and 2 gun cabinets plus a gun rack. Yes I may have a problem.

I seem to have the same problem. I had a large gun safe that was full, so I got another gun safe. Now it's full too. Every time I open the door there seems to be another gun. I told my wife I think they're breeding and multiplying like bunnies!
I was on a gun shop earlier today with a buddy of mine and something caught my eye. Maybe just one more? Think my wife will buy the bunny story again?

 

[Flewis]

I seem to have the same problem. I had a large gun safe that was full, so I got another gun safe. Now it's full too. Every time I open the door there seems to be another gun. I told my wife I think they're breeding and multiplying like bunnies!
I was on a gun shop earlier today with a buddy of mine and something caught my eye. Maybe just one more? Think my wife will buy the bunny story again?

I do need another safe, I don’t fill the last one so if I make a behind her back purchase it take her awhile to notice. I keep 20 or so scattered around the house.

 

[Opposite Pole]

I may have a problem.

Welcome to the club

 

[Longwalker]

I had a .257 Roberts as my "deer" rifle for many years. Took a bunch of whitetails, mule deer and a bear with it. It was a Model 70 Winchester featherweight. Seemed just about right for that job. Then I got nostalgic and had to have a .250-300 Savage. A Savage Model 99 lever action takedown, and then a newer Savage M99a and later a Ruger M77 International carbine. They all scratched that itch. They did about the same job on deer as the .257. But I preferred the heavier 117-120 gr. bullets of the .257 especially when game exceeded 100 kgs/ 220 lbs. The .250's were fun, & handy rifles though.
Then I got a Sako AV .25-06. Perfection! 3000 FPS with a 120 grain bullet. Wonderful for open country, windy days, and any game smaller than elk. It became my standard "smaller" game rifle. Still is, although I only use it lately for pronghorn antleope. I have no desire to shoot an animal farther than 300 M, so super sleek high ballistic coefficient bullets are of zero interest to me. I like my .25-06. The Savage and Sako .243 rifles I dabbled with went away after my Sako .25-06 arrived.
I've been tempted lately by a Blaser K95 in .257 Weatherby. But can't get past the idea that it's "too much" case & powder capacity for the bore size. I probably won't burn out the barrel of a single shot, but going to extremes is not appealing to my nature. So I'll probably forgo the pleasure of owning a .257 Weatherby. A .25-06 does enough damage to meat as it is! This is a pronghorn buck that I shot with the .25-06 and 120 Gr. Nosler Partition. ( mature buck that had shed its outer horn sheaths already) The hole in the shoulder is the entrance wound. I like eating pronghorns. More damage to meat is not a goal of mine.

 

[Amphibious]

Have a 25-284 built on a 700 SA. Spits out a 100gr TTSX at 3320. Has taken a couple mountain goats, four mule deer, a few bears. Light, accurate, and kills cleanly.

Could never understand why the quarterbore wasn't more popular. The new offerings from Blackhole and BlackJack are very impressive if you have a fast twist.

 

[Opposite Pole]

I've been tempted lately by a Blaser K95 in .257 Weatherby.

I resisted the temptation of a single-shot rifle for several years. Now I’ve got two K95s with four barrels. I’ve no experience with 257 Weatherby but the rifles are great.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

I resisted the temptation of a single-shot rifle for several years. Now I’ve got two K95s with four barrels. I’ve no experience with 257 Weatherby but the rifles are great.

@Opposite Pole
You need to get acquainted with a fast 25 it will give you a new perspective on hunting. A fast 25 just kills no fuss no bother just like the 35s. They just plain work.
Bob

 

[Opposite Pole]

@Opposite Pole
You need to get acquainted with a fast 25 it will give you a new perspective on hunting. A fast 25 just kills no fuss no bother just like the 35s. They just plain work.
Bob

My problem is all the rifles I have work just fine. I have rifles to cover all the huntable species on this planet. Every now and again I buy another one just because I like rifles. I was thinking my next would be a lever action in 30-30 or 45-70 but then all this talk of 25s... Anyway need a 3rd safe first.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

My problem is all the rifles I have work just fine. I have rifles to cover all the huntable species on this planet. Every now and again I buy another one just because I like rifles. I was thinking my next would be a lever action in 30-30 or 45-70 but then all this talk of 25s... Anyway need a 3rd safe first.

@Opposite Pole
Instead of playing John Wayne with a thutty thutty or Quigley with a 45-70 you need a fast 25 mate.
Try life in the fast lane my friend.
Bob

 

[BeeMaa]

@Opposite Pole
Instead of playing John Wayne with a thutty thutty or Quigley with a 45-70 you need a fast 25 mate.
Try life in the fast lane my friend.
Bob

Except Quigley used a 45-110.

 

[Flewis]

And the Duke used a 32:40, but we all go Bob’s point.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Except Quigley used a 45-110.

@BeeMaa
Be pedantic it still a 45 cal black powder pumpkin roller whether a 70,90,110 or big 120.
It still ain't a fast 25
Bob

 

[Flewis]

@BeeMaa
Be pedantic it still a 45 cal black powder pumpkin roller whether a 70,90,110 or big 120.
It still ain't a fast 25
Bob

I don’t know Bob, shooting down hill you can get them up to 15 or maybe 16 hundred with black. Maybe this should be under flat shooting rifles. Haha

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

And the Duke used a 32:40, but we all go Bob’s point.

@Flewis
I know the Duke use a model 92 not a 94 but ask most people and they think it's a 94 win in 30-30, but hey they can't tell shit from clay.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

I don’t know Bob, shooting down hill you can get them up to 15 or maybe 16 hundred with black. Maybe this should be under flat shooting rifles. Haha

@Flewis
I didn't say they weren't useful hunting cartridges just they AIN'T a fast 25.
Bob

 

[CoElkHunter]

@Flewis
I know the Duke use a model 92 not a 94 but ask most people and they think it's a 94 win in 30-30, but hey they can't tell shit from clay.
Bob

Yeah, well Chuck Connors as the "Rifleman" used a .44-40 to kill everything in his neck of the woods. LOL

 

[JimP]

Isn't it always interesting that they are using a rifle and or caliber that hadn't even been invented yet?

But we're not suppose to notice that.

 

[Flewis]

@Flewis
I didn't say they weren't useful hunting cartridges just they AIN'T a fast 25.
Bob

I was going along with you from the one about the Duke.

 

[Wyatt Smith]

Remember when Abe Lincoln visited Lucas McCain. He was out of the timeline by 15 years.

 

[JimP]

Remember when Abe Lincoln visited Lucas McCain. He was out of the timeline by 15 years.

That was a old gent that thought that he was Lincoln