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Hey Al, iffin I had to pay 15-16 cents for a primer, 38 cents for powder and 30-50 cents for a bullet minus the case is roughly 90 cents per + time, I wouldn’t say that’s the time to start, and I have been loading 25.06 since 86.

I reload so I have ammo, just picked up 2000 more bullets to add to my supplies.

I just finished knocking the gay out of some 270 WIN brass and made some fine upstanding 25-06 out of it. Ya ought to try it. It's a most satisfying hobby within a hobby.

And then you get to chamber cartridges stamped 270 into a 25cal chamber!

More fun than 270 is 280 and 30.06.

I just looked @ Midway for a baseline. 23 offerings for 25-06 (only a couple available). Least expensive is $1.32/shot Prvi Partizan, next is Hornady Whitetail @ $1.50/shot, then everything is $2+ per shot.

Yes, there is a cost for your time, and the equipment and components to get up and running.

There is IMO, a much larger cost to not having what you want, when you want it.

I tell those who ask me about the economics of reloading:

"No, you won't save any $$, you'll spend the same amount you do now, but, you'll get more shots for that $$."

The days of $9.99/box of blue-box Federal, green and yellow Rem, or grey-box Winchesters for a week or two preceding deer opener are very unlikely to be seen again.

I’m still shooting ammo that uses this priced primers.
I think factory ammo is a source of brass.

Sh*t, you might as well go to Scheels as a baseline as Midway is just as bad for wanting full retail and then some. Potterfield hasn’t had any deals in years.

OK, $1.20/shot is still $.30/shot more than your hand loading example. Still a 25% savings, and the chance @ better availability if a person nabs a few things when they're available.
Where did you find 25-06 brass that uses small rifle primers?

No I said minus brass if you saved it. If not add 75-80 cents per.

I always wanted both the 25-06 and .257 Roberts but just didn't have a real need for either one. I understand the 25-06 can shoot the light weight bullets approaching 4000 fps. That sounds fun.

kwg

Bingo.

I once had the misguided itch for all things 25 caliber, hence my moniker 257 Bob. I bought and chambered rifles in 250-3000, 257R (3), 257R Improved, 25-06 and 257 Wby. My sons used the 250-3000 on about ten deer, all one shot kills and I used the 25-06 for a few years with good results (the only failure was with Ballistic Tips, deer was recovered but took multiple shots to put it down, no more BTs for me after that). These days, my safe is void of all things 25, they were useful and entertaining but I concluded that if you had a 270 Win, you didn't need a 25 or a 6.5 for that matter. I do have one 6.5 but I admit it's nothing special, just amusement.

I have Remington 9 1/2 and 9 1/2 M that was purchased at the same time, but boxes didn't have a price on them. I did buy some primers that were for an AR 308 that had thicker cups and I paid and outrageous price of a little over $.02 each - almost $.03 each.

Hey Al just when in the last 3 years have you been able buy what you want when you wanted it?

Bugger, I just used the last brick of my SRP that had a price on the box of 9.99. Now working on 14.99 per.

In 1977 I had been reading P.O. Ackley's books and decided that I needed a .257 Roberts Ackley Improved for my deer and antelope hunting. I had a FFL at the time, so I bought a Mauser Mark X barreled action in .25-06 and had a local gunsmith re-chamber it to .257 Ackley. I stocked in a piece of fancy walnut from Fajen and for about 45 years it has been one of my favorite rifles. It's ballistics are just slightly less than those of a .25-06, but the .257 AI case looks a whole lot cooler.

It's put a Mule or Whitetail deer and a Pronghorn antelope into my freezer most of those years. And it has put the mounts of 4 of those antelope, 3 Bighorn rams, a Dall ram, a Mountain Caribou, a Wolverine, and my 2nd best 6x6 bull Elk on the walls of my Trophy Room.

I hopefully have another 10 or so more years of hunting, and my .257 Ackley easily fills the gap between my .22-250 and my 7mm Rem mag or my .300 Weatherby so I see no reason to waste my money on a 6.5 manbun or any other new wiz bang cartridge that the rifle and ammunition manufacture's come up with just to increase their sales.

The 25 through 7mm calibers all handle the same critters with pretty much equal aplomb. Deer-sized game on down. The .25s do it with less recoil.

The older I get, the more I appreciate the .25-06 Rem and .260 Rem. They'll easily handle anything I want to hunt at ranges I'm willing to shoot at, with low recoil and economical loading costs.

On my way to a dental appointment, I swung by one of my local gun shops. I could have walked out with every component needed to load 25-06....brass, primers, three different bullets, powder and dies.

Not much of a hill for even a poor climber.

Are you concerned that someone is going to buy the very last bits of 25-06 components left in the world? Totally freaked out that the OP will drive from CO to NE and nab them just before you have a chance?

get some one on here that loads 25-06 to load you a couple of boxes or a friend load a couple of boxes for you ?