stollery020
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Evening all, I have a 308 and been thinking about another calibre. What are your thoughts on a 2506? Shooting fallow and muntjac. Any advice greatly received.
You don't say how you intend to use it, but if it is a light weight stalking rifle for carrying a lot, I would suggest stepping down from the .25-06 to a smaller rifle, lighter weight, shorter barrel, in .257 Roberts - very mild recoil, low muzzle blast, plenty hot with bullets from 75 to 110 grains.
I use a 25-06 which does everything very well. I have just had a 308 added to my ticket to give me lead free ammunition capability and a second rifle. 25-06 will still be my go to rifle when I don't need lead free though! I use 115 grain Nosler Partitions BTW
The 2506 is pretty inefficient
I couldn't disagree more. The cartridge was developed to use max. MV and yes, it's achieved with lighter weight bullets. The 25-06 doesn't need a heavier bullet than 120gn for any of our native quarry & is perfectly useable for anything up to & possibly exceeding 300lbs.
I use 110gn AB's @ approx. 3200fps MV from a 22" barrel. I've never been disappointed & while there are other choices of cartridge/cal. out there, none offer quite the same advantages as the .25-06.
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