Hi I do not want to blow your thread, but my friend uses a 25.06 and swears by it's vellocity, accuracy on long distances ect, He does load his own ammo. WHAT? is your dislike to your gun is it the gun its self or the callibre? I jus gots ta know !
I use a swede by the way.
BC.
Hi BC,
The issue wasn't with the rifle, it was a T3 Hunter and actually shot really quite well.
Neither was it with the actual cartridge, it did what it was designed to do.
The issue I had with the 25-06 was one of finding a suitable bullet, I found the lighter offerings caused unacceptable amounts of damage to roe deer, but upping the weight I was regularly getting 'runners'.
In fact I had more runners with the 25-06 than all my other chambering I've had put together.
I felt there was no happy medium. Had I been reloading at the time I'm sure I could have found a bullet combination more suitable for my needs, but unfortunately I was relying on what the local shops had to offer, which wasn't very much.
I suppose to that end its unfair to say I don't like the 25-06 per`se, it's maybe more of a case of the cartridge not being suitable for the application that I was using it for.
Had I been home loading at that time I may well have gotten on better with it.
I'm now shooting all my roe with a .222 and using a .308 for the larger species.
And for the first time ever I'm actually completely happy with both setups.