Nebraska, The land of corn and cattle | Friend has one. Bought it thinking it was the greatest thing since sliced bread but Ive never been real impressed with it. But Ive never shot it either, its a left handed rifle and he doesnt shoot it much because of the cost. but Ill give you my opinion of the round.
IMHO its like a trackloader. Itll do alot of things OK but its not really good at anything. If you wanted 1 gun to shoot everything from prarie dogs to deer and have something different than your buddies then its a good round. But the cost of ammo makes it impractial to me for use in a dog town, and anything bigger than a deer is beyond its capabilities. Again in my opinion its a 243 in a 270 action, where it shines to me is hunting pronghorn. If you had a long action rifle and wanted to build something like a 243 itd be the way Id probably go.
According to Hornady heres how things shake out:
243 95gr SST Superformance
Velocity (fps) / Energy (ft-lbs)
Muzzle 100 200 300 400 500
3185/2139 2908/1784 2648/1478 2402/1217 2169/992 1950/802
Trajectory (inches)
Muzzle 100 200 300 400 500
-1.50 1.30 0.00 -6.30 -18.60 -38.40
25-06 117gr SST
Test Barrel (24") Velocity (fps) / Energy (ft-lbs)
Muzzle 100 200 300 400 500
2990/2322 2748/1962 2519/1648 2301/1375 2093/1138 1897/935
Trajectory (inches)
Muzzle 100 200 300 400 500
-1.50 1.60 0.00 -7.10 -20.70 -42.30
270 130gr SST
Test Barrel (24") Velocity (fps) / Energy (ft-lbs)
Muzzle 100 200 300 400 500
3060/2702 2851/2345 2651/2028 2460/1746 2277/1496 2101/1275
Trajectory (inches)
Muzzle 100 200 300 400 500
-1.50 1.40 0.00 -6.30 -18.50 -37.30
So actually you can have the same performance as a 25-06 out of a 243 with a shorter overall rifle. Just my $.02 |
Who owns a 25 06 rifle.
