Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters 25-06 Beats 6.5 Creedmoor and .270!

This from an article by Ron Spomer.

https://sportingclassicsdaily.com/2...;mc_cid=c29b894b9d&mc_eid=84ca3375c6

The 25-06 shoots flatter--a lot flatter--at 600 yards than the 6.5 Creedmoor or the .270, despite the fact that most 25-06 twists are 1:10 and no one really makes a high BC bullet in .257 diameter. At 600 yards the 25-06's wind deflection is only 2.5 inches less than the Creedmoor.

Not bad for a 121 year old cartridge.

I like the 25-06, have one built by Iver Henriksen. It is a superb cartridge. The 257 Weatherby is even better.

Laffin. You must be still on the couch. Everyone knows you drooling dumfuckers don't shoot. Everyone knows deer must be shot at 700 yards and thus you're wrong. Lol

I've built several .25-06 rifles.....they all work just great and put deer down nicely. I doubles as a varmint gun as well.....It's one mighty fine cartridge

Oh Man!! I'm gonna go grab a cold beer and some popcorn....it's about to get good!!

I'll be back

news flash, most LA cartridges "beat" a Creedmoor in that sense.
Shall we compare a 25-06 to a 6.5-06?
Pretty sure a 257 Weatherby beats a 25-06.

JB wrote a piece a while back about kicking Creed butt with the .270, to 500 yards anyway. All this who-struck-john is good for popcorn sales, but that's about it. Folks have been cherry-picking this stuff for literally generations to prove a point or sell stuff.

Decide what matters most in your world: trajectory, wind drift, energy, whatever, and then futz around until you're happy, or just make the best of what the rifle you have can do; whichever twists your crank.

Stick that 25-06 in an AICS mag and see how it works out...if you understand that, you'll understand why the Creedmoor was developed.

Only need one shot with the 25-06, no need for a stinken AICS!

Well, just the smell of a 25/06 kills deer out to 1000 yards. It's on the internet!

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How do you reconcile the first sentence with the last?
The 25-06 is a great cartridge and does not need you're smoke n mirrors.

You do realize there are more disciplines in the shooting world than just hunting, correct?

Hahahaha good one!

I did a little looking at the article and some online data. If you allow for dropping enough bullet weight in the 6.5 to match the BC of the cited 25 cal bullet then you're down to a 120 grain 6.5 Berger. At that point the muzzle velocity advantage of the 25-06 is nearly all gone, and since the BC's are now almost identical the cited trajectory advantage of the 25-06 is pretty much gone too. And with top loads at these bullet weights the 25-06 is burning in the neighborhood of ten grains more powder.

I think the 25-06 and 6.5 Creedmoor are both fine cartridges. I'm interested in unbiased, rational analysis which is often in short supply in these conversations.

my popcorn just got buttered its early so i decided on a soda , so here`s my thought : lets put the old 243 Winchester cartridge in the mix and with the right twist barrel ,don`t forget a 243 Win. is a short action cartridge too and just a simple to buy grocery store cartridge. > man this popcorn is tasty !

There comes a time in our lives when we decide that most all of this is simply "analysis paralysis"...that which allows us to never go anywhere because we can't decide on where to go.

Are the 'orange man bad' people the same people as the 'creedmoor bad' people. The level of obsession is certainly the same.

But I didn't want another long action. 2750 & 130gr bullets are just about right for what I like to do and doing it with 20% less powder is just fine with me. Not to mention if I want to shoot bullets over 120gr. Not saying the 25-06 doesn't have a place, just saying it doesn't have a place in my safe.

Of course. Tacticool posing is far and away the most popular these days.