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A few that followed me home over the years.....






Rem 700 Classic, 250 Savage





Cooper M22, 250-3000 AI




Remington 700 CDL, SF, 257 Bob




Ruger M77, 257 Bob




Cooper M22, 257 AI




Custom Mauser 98, 257 AI




Cooper 52, Jackson Game, 25-06




Sauer 200, 25-06




Weatherby MK V Accumark, 257 Weatherby





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257 Weatherby

25-06

257 Bob

Sako Custom, 25-06


ya!

GWB

Enjoy shooting my quarter bores. This Kimber 84M 257 Roberts is a MOA shooter:





Owned quite a few more 250-3000 Savage lever guns in various configurations in the past. Only Savage bolt guns like the Model 1920 rifles and the Model 14 American Classic remain:





We're just stewards for a time.

I thought there were some loonies here??? No 25-284? Geez.

Built a 25/06 in trade school because I got a Johnson Machine barrel blank for $20. It killed deer well enough. Rebarreled it to 270 and gave it to my wife for Christmas one year, has killed a bunch more stuff since with her driving it.

Put a Shilen .257 on a mag bolt face M70 push feeder a guy gave me because it was a pretty used up 338WM, broke stock, rotten bore, pipe wrench marks on action and barrel, flaking hard chrome finish. Cleaned up the action and stripped the chrome. Chambered the Shilen for 257Wby. Bedded it all in first a wood M70 Classic stock and later an Extreme Weather takeoff. It shoots great but it’s heavy. I’ve killed a pile of stuff with it. 85 or 100 grain bullets cranking along at warp speed it will pretty much slush the insides of deer size stuff. I don’t use it much anymore because it’s heavy and I have found that most stuff dies just as well with cartridges without all the fuss and flash. No denying it’s a hell of an effective killer though.

25-20 m92
25-35 m1894
250-3000 m99 -1925
257 Roberts m70 featherweight first year

257 Roberts pre 64 model 70
257 Roberts Remington 722
25-06 Sako L61

Smiling here! I am not alone.

I like 'em, but I currenly only own one, a Savage 99EG that I had a McGowen barrel in 250 Savage slapped on.

I've had a few others in the past.

Marlin 1894CL 25-20
Ruger 77 250 Savage
Ruger 77Mk2 in 257 Roberts
Savage Axis2 in 25-06 (absolute trash rifle, btw)

I plan on owning another 25-20 or a 25-35 eventually.

Working on the “full meal deal” of .25s in ULA/NULA.
Stared with a Model 20 in 257 Bob that I sent in for a rebarrel to 300 Savage. At the same time the .358 went in to become a 259-3000, and shortly after the 30-06 became a 25-06. About a year ago lucked into a model 28 In .257 Bee.

So, currently:
250-3000 (what a joy to shoot and carry)
25-06
257 Bee

Looking for a 257 Bob as well (I know, I had one…) to round out the bunch but of course it will be a tough find.

Had a Kimber Hunter in Bob but wasn’t crazy about it. After reading a recent thread about the quality restocking work from the guys at Outkast I wish I still had it to send in for a new stock.

Along the way had a 700 Classic in 250 AI, a model 1920 in 250, and maybe something else??

Would really like to have a petite wood stocked rifle in the 250 if the right one ever comes along.

Have had several .25-06's.. Then about 15 years ago got a .25-06 Ackley reamer.. All the barrels done with that reamer have been shooters, generally .5 Moa or so.

Had Roberts, gone.

in the early stages of messing with the Creedmoor case got a .25 Creed reamer.. I prefer it to all other short action .25's. The 100 NBT is fast and accurate in this case. Flame away

Rem 700 CDL 25.06, bedded, floated, bolt face squared and 40X trigger.

Where you lead, we shall follow, Dan! (Well someone has to pick up the trail of spent brass you leave in your wake!)

2 model 20`s, 250`s, the first was a hand-down from Dad many years ago, and a AI on a 700 SA, wouldn`t trade any of them. The 250 started my handloading adventure when I was 14.

I've had a couple 25/06's, a Remington stainless and a Sako Finnlite.

Only have a Ruger 77 MKII 257 Roberts now but it comes so close to the '06 that it won't be going anywhere.

Nothing fancy but nostalgic. My dad brought a couple of K98's home from WWII. My brother turned one into a 35 Whelen, I turned mine into a 257R.

I'm shocked - not a single mention of a 25 Souper

Where are the true loonies?

I have a 25 Souper in a Ruger 77 RSI that had been a 250AI. The 250AI didn't feed well in that rifle, so it got changed to a 25 Souper which doesn't have any feeding issues. The 25 Souper is equal in performance to the 257 Roberts and the shorter 51mm case allows for more COAL latitude.

I’m assuming everyone is excited about the possibility of a 25 Creedmoor?

Had a 257 WM MOA model. Shot 100 TTSX very well. Probably would still have it, if H1000 would not have become hard to find at the time.

Perhaps what the world needs is a .25x55....