25's are limited in bullet selection. Me, I'd go 7-08(maybe even a 7-08AI) to shoot the long bullets. Have your wife shoot the 120BT (a solid bullet) Also, the 6.5-06 has a lot of appeal. I'd also still have 280AI on the list. Tough call.
Why waste your time and money on a big game cartridge you would shoot only 1 or 2 times a year? Why not a varmint cartridge you could shoot 200-400 rounds/day and not wreck your shoulder.
Forget the fast twist stuff and just get a 222 mag and shoot 40 grain bullets at almost 4000 fps and enjoy the best of economy in shooting and satisfaction with a gun and cartridge that will last until you shoot it out, then screw in another barrel and do it all over.
I guarantee you more fun shooting light cartridges than big game sized cartridges...
300 WSM set up for the long action, throated for the 212 gr ELD-X bullets for zero impact on powder capacity , that's what I'm building for my gal for the 2016 season, she has been hunting with a factory Tikka T3 in 300 WSM since they first came out years ago, time for a cool custom rifle for her ..... here's her 2015 moose ...
"The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants".
My three picks for a custom build would be .257 Roberts, .280AI and .35 Whelen. I have experience with these rounds but have never had any in a true custom built rifle.
The 700's are at the bottom of my action barrel. Trade it off for a better design.
Yes, Don, everybody knows that you hate the entire Remington 700 family because of that deer that you lost in the 1950s while shooting a 722 in 222. It is clear from the number of time that you have repeated your mantra, damning the Remington 700 series, that it was a traumatizing event in your life that you'll never recover from. But, nobody really cares that your blown shot a half century or more ago has made your distorted opinion on the Remington 700 series fall toward the "hate" end of the normal distribution of like/dislike. A majority of rifle loonies seem to like the Remington 700 series actions to build on for a variety of reasons and the majority of custom actions are improvements on the Remington design. You are arguing with success and losing badly.
You have to admit he is consistent and persistent...
John
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
Nice video, thanks. And, congratulations on a great moose. Looks like big grins to me.
Agreed on all counts. Most homemade videos suck, that was pretty darn good! Super cool seeing the O2 mist coming out of the side holes... that's called "dead standing."
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Being a competitive rifeman as well I made a battery of target rifles that included Remington's.
My centerfire 200 yd target rifle is a 40X with a thumbhole stock with a hook butt plate etc. along with a leather shooting coat. My 22 LR gallery gun is a 40X with a similar stock where I use a Unertl Ultra Varmint.
For schuetzen my original favorite is my Hepburn 38-55.
Being a competitive rifeman as well I made a battery of target rifles that included Remington's.
My centerfire 200 yd target rifle is a 40X with a thumbhole stock with a hook butt plate etc. along with a leather shooting coat. My 22 LR gallery gun is a 40X with a similar stock where I use a Unertl Ultra Varmint.
For schuetzen my original favorite is my Hepburn 38-55.
So, now you're saying that the Remington 700 series is OK if they are roll stamped as a 40X rather than a 78/700/721/722/725?
I favored those 40X's for target shooting. For hunting I preferred the M70.
I ordered a new M70 in 1957 while working a summer job. It was a M70 Varmint 243. The sporter stock and 26" heavy barrel did double work as a target rifle and LR chuck gun.
You have to admit he is consistent and persistent...
John
Matt from Virginia once called it aggressive, persistent ignorance. Seems fitting. The 700 is so schitty that there are probably a dozen or more custom action makers that started with the 700 design, and for the most part, have just tightened up the factory tolerances. One, that I know of, even offers their's with the same crappy extractor in fact, but most use either a M-16 or Sako design. But dear ol Don knows much more than they do.
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