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Which 25 for a hunting rifle and 131 Blackjack?
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<blockquote data-quote="CA48" data-source="post: 1665876" data-attributes="member: 21446"><p>My guess is the 25 creed will be the most popular 25cal in the competitive shooting scene for same reasons the 6.5 creed has been popular.</p><p></p><p>I think for the purpose your describing the 25SST or 25 blackjack would be ideal. Mild loads with h-1000 run 3200fps with a 26" Bbl. They are the only 2 cases in their class on a mag bolt that can run easily in a dbm setup and feed smoothly. The SS works in a dbm also, doesn't feed quite as smooth as the SST. The SS and SST has ADG brass available which has been great. I don't know what the dimensions are on the Blackjack case or who makes brass for it but looking at it and seeing the predicted velocities, it seems like a mirror image of the SST.</p><p></p><p>The 25SS is only going to add 50-75fps over the SST which is great but if I was going to step up the velocity and build a new wildcat it would probably be a 25 Sherman Max. I think you would likely find a useable load just over 3400 fps in a 26" barrel, close to matching the 270 wby but with a lot more small advantages. I thought about a shortened 300Norma based 25 wildcat. But I think there would be to many issues running them any faster and barrel life would drop off significantly then again you could run them easy and just buy brass once. It sounds like a little more than you want for your listed purposes but would make a great elr cartridge with comparatively cheap bullets. There are a lot of great options now and Im thankful BlackJack stoked the fire again for the 25cals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CA48, post: 1665876, member: 21446"] My guess is the 25 creed will be the most popular 25cal in the competitive shooting scene for same reasons the 6.5 creed has been popular. I think for the purpose your describing the 25SST or 25 blackjack would be ideal. Mild loads with h-1000 run 3200fps with a 26” Bbl. They are the only 2 cases in their class on a mag bolt that can run easily in a dbm setup and feed smoothly. The SS works in a dbm also, doesn’t feed quite as smooth as the SST. The SS and SST has ADG brass available which has been great. I don’t know what the dimensions are on the Blackjack case or who makes brass for it but looking at it and seeing the predicted velocities, it seems like a mirror image of the SST. The 25SS is only going to add 50-75fps over the SST which is great but if I was going to step up the velocity and build a new wildcat it would probably be a 25 Sherman Max. I think you would likely find a useable load just over 3400 fps in a 26” barrel, close to matching the 270 wby but with a lot more small advantages. I thought about a shortened 300Norma based 25 wildcat. But I think there would be to many issues running them any faster and barrel life would drop off significantly then again you could run them easy and just buy brass once. It sounds like a little more than you want for your listed purposes but would make a great elr cartridge with comparatively cheap bullets. There are a lot of great options now and Im thankful BlackJack stoked the fire again for the 25cals. [/QUOTE]
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