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Wanting New Rifle in 25 or 6.5
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<blockquote data-quote="vancewalker007" data-source="post: 1680058" data-attributes="member: 66917"><p>A quick paper compare for fun.</p><p></p><p>25-06, 115 VLD at 3000 fps</p><p>750yards 1812fps, 839 ft lbs</p><p></p><p>6.5 Creedmore, 140 VLD, 2725fps</p><p>750yards, 1828fps, 1039ft lbs</p><p></p><p>The light recoiling little short action Creedmore out paces the 25-06 in energy across the board and in velocity around 600 yards. Higher BC is a winner against lower BC in most cases. Note, for proper bullet operation you need around 1800 fps so any speed above 1800fps is a moot point. Also, any of more potent 6.5s will just make these number more in favor of the 6.5. </p><p></p><p>With that fun out of the way if you're in love with the romance of the 25-06 and don't honestly hunt beyond 600 yards follow your heart and build a 25-06. But, if you want to extend your potential hunting range and have a much better choice of bullets and real long range game hammers the 6.5 is going to give you a lot more choices. If you're hungry for a lot of power a 6.5-300 Weatherby would be a path but the bigger the case usually the more finicky the rifle. If you want something that has plenty of power and very good factory ammo the 6.5 PRC might be your ticket. The nice thing about the PRC is it will be a lot less finicky about bullet/powder combos than the Weatherby. My custom PRC shoots factory ammo into 1/2 MOA and hand loads into less than 1/2 MOA. Good luck in your choice. That 26 Nosler is a pretty sweet round as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vancewalker007, post: 1680058, member: 66917"] A quick paper compare for fun. 25-06, 115 VLD at 3000 fps 750yards 1812fps, 839 ft lbs 6.5 Creedmore, 140 VLD, 2725fps 750yards, 1828fps, 1039ft lbs The light recoiling little short action Creedmore out paces the 25-06 in energy across the board and in velocity around 600 yards. Higher BC is a winner against lower BC in most cases. Note, for proper bullet operation you need around 1800 fps so any speed above 1800fps is a moot point. Also, any of more potent 6.5s will just make these number more in favor of the 6.5. With that fun out of the way if you're in love with the romance of the 25-06 and don't honestly hunt beyond 600 yards follow your heart and build a 25-06. But, if you want to extend your potential hunting range and have a much better choice of bullets and real long range game hammers the 6.5 is going to give you a lot more choices. If you're hungry for a lot of power a 6.5-300 Weatherby would be a path but the bigger the case usually the more finicky the rifle. If you want something that has plenty of power and very good factory ammo the 6.5 PRC might be your ticket. The nice thing about the PRC is it will be a lot less finicky about bullet/powder combos than the Weatherby. My custom PRC shoots factory ammo into 1/2 MOA and hand loads into less than 1/2 MOA. Good luck in your choice. That 26 Nosler is a pretty sweet round as well. [/QUOTE]
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