danscott

Thanks everyone for the input. Is there a particular brand of 25-06 that you like? Bolt action?

James B

Mine is a Ruger and I have been happy with that one. Be sure to get a 24 inch or longer barrel. The SPS would be a good choice IMO.(Remington 700)

younggun308

Remington Model 700 SPS.

(It is bolt-action, and so is the Ruger James B mentioned.)

Garminator

Yeah I have heard that the 25-06 is a great deer/lope round however I'll stick with my 270 wsm.

BareBack Jack

There are plenty of good bolts for the 25-06,Remington,Ruger,Browning,Sako are some.I have owned Ruger's and Winchesters in the 25-06.The Rem 700 CDL looks to be a good rifle and even though it's a single shot don't look past the T/C or the Ruger #1's.
I have 2 25-06's right now one is a stainless Ruger M77 on houge stock and timmey triger topped with a 4-16 x 40 scope and the other is a Ruger #1-B with great wood and a trigger job toped with a 3-9 burris.Both are tack drives and mild recoil.
My guns like the 117 gr load from Federal,but I will be trying the 110gr accubond this weekend for deer.
BBJ

BrutalAttack

The .308 would work great out to about 350 yards. It drops a little much at 400 yards.

I will be using mine on lopers.

BrutalAttack

You can get great .308 loads from 150 gr to 180 gr.

I don't consider anything offered in a factory rifle orin the Federal catalog a "wildcat". They offer 6 different loads for it.

A "wildcat" would be something like a .280 A.I. where you have to fire form brass and can't get factory ammo etc....

BrutalAttack

Barrel length isn't really a concern. You only lose about 100 fps per 2" less than the factory barrel test length.

Shorter barrels are actually more accurate than long barrels, in general.

This goes against the conventional wisdom, I know.

However, shorter barrels are more rigid than long barrels, and are less suseptable to "barrel whip" or the harmonics that harm accuracy.

This is a relatively new thing that people and gun manufactures are just starting to realize, but snipers and bench rest shooters have known for quite some time.

In general, a short action mated to a short barrel will be more accurate than a long action mated to a longer barrel. Rigidity is the key and shorter systems are more rigid.

Of course you can build a bench rest rig with a 30" barrel that will out shoot a short barrel rig but all things being equal the shorter rigisinherentlymore accurate.

I'm not trying to start a tangental argument so if you disagree you can just research it for yourself.

BrutalAttack

If your stuck on a 25-06 I would go with a Remington 700 CDL.

If you aren't stuck on 25-06 my personal choice would be a Remington 700 Titanium in 7mm RSAUM or 270. but then againI like to be different.

BrutalAttack

I just wanted to point out that the 25-06 is only available in the 700 SPSS (SPS stainless).