What quarter bore do have and what do you hunt with it.

I have a Ruger tang safety in 257 Roberts, that I have taken on hunts for deer, elk, moose and black bear. I also have a Marlin XL7 in 25-06. I plan on using it for the same.

I have a Sako 85 in 25-06. The only thing it has killed so far is whitetail deer.

Dink

250AI M7 rem and a 25-06 ruger MKII... deer and bears...

250/3000, 250AI, 257 Roberts, 25/06 and 257 Weatherby. I've also owned 25/35 and 25/20. Whitetail, blacktail, black bear, Axis and likely a hog.

25-284 on an early M700 short action. Second time I have owned it; about 3 years ago I let it get away and managed to buy it back a few months ago. One coyote, one whitetail and a cow elk with it so far, but I will use it on anything from gophers to moose.

Over the years I have owned the Bob, Bob AI, 25-06 and 257 Wby. I like the 25 cal. But at this point this one does anything I want a 25 cal to do, and I am not really interested in owning any more.

25-06 on a 700. Whitetails and black bear if given the chance.

.25-06. So far just a few antelope and a buncha prairie dogs.

25/06, 257AI, 257.

Whitetail, pronghorn, axis, blackbuck, sika, hogs, coyotes, bunnies, javelina, bobcats, fox, coons.

Rem 700 in 25-06. It's now just coming into it's own. Took a while but finally found a couple of loads that it really likes. I've taken mostly whitetails, all up close , and two speed goats in SoDak. One of which was a 400 yrd poke. I can't think of a better all around cartridge.

The one is a Savage .257 Weatherby in a Midway barrel. Teh scope is a Bushnell 4200 4-16X40 sighted in at 300. The one at the funsmith will replace this one. That is a .250SLR which will wear a Swarovski z5 5-25X52. It is a .470 head case with more capacity than even the .25 Gibbs. The neck is only .2" long. It will be used for everything I plan to hunt up to elk. Both scopes are in Burris Signature rings.

I have a Rem 700 .25-06 SPS that I bought here on the 'fire. I have killed a couple blacktails with it, but don't have any pics handy. I also got a freaky mule deer with it and my one and only antelope. Here are pics of those critters with the rifle:




I like it!

257AI 2 of them sons stole both when they left home but were built for them anyway, while I was shooting a 270win. Win 70 actions, Boots Obynmier barrals and BC stocks, deer, and elk 115Nosler Partitions. sons say dont change anything. Right now debating between building another one in just a bob or a 6.5x55swede.
Bob

257AI 2 of them sons stole both when they left home but were built for them anyway, while I was shooting a 270win. Win 70 actions, Boots Obynmier barrals and BC stocks, deer, and elk 115Nosler Partitions, all 1 shot kills in there tracks. Sons say dont change anything. Right now debating between building another one in just a bob or a 6.5x55swede.
Bob

Ruger mk2 257 roberts. Deer , wolf, partrige. All head shots

Remington 700 LSS BDL 25-06 with Zeiss 3-9X40 now. I had two rugers in 25 cal and neither one shot worth a darn. #1 25-06 and a hawkeye 257 bob.

Rem Custom shop Model 7 in 250 Sav, and a Weatherby Fibermark in 25-06. Coyotes, deer and antelope. On the hunt for a 257 Roberts, as I have several thousand 257 component bullets I want to shoot up....

Which would you keep over the others?

250AI

..always wanted a .257 Weatherby Magnum but the only Weatherby made gun that I liked was the Euromark that is rare to find in a 26" barrel. After Remington started chambering the CDL in .257 I knew one day I would own one...and last Friday was the day...

Ordered the dies, brass, powder and bullets that should be in hand next week. A 4.5-5 Leupold Veri-X III 30mm Long Range with B&C reticle will top it off...

Bob

forgot i gave my ex father in law a Weatherby MK V deluxe in 257 bee..

Wade,
Tell me you did a Euro mount of that freaky buck??!!!?

Ruger M77 in 250 Sav.

White-tailed deer and black bear.

Some 250AI carnage...

Browning A-Bolt Micro Hunter in 257 Roberts. Deer & hogs

Duckbill - how is this rifle shooting for you?

I have two; a 25-06 Remington Sendero and a 25-06 Remington Classic with a Pac-Nor barrel. I've killed everything from prairie dogs to big hogs with 100 grain Sierra Game Kings and Nosler Ballistic Tips.





And a few critters in between:









My youngest likes the Sendero.

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Yup!

I have a leftie Savage 111 package deal in .25-06 that I replaced the stock on with a Savage tupperware stock and the scope/rings/mounts. It now wears a Nikon Pro-Staff 3-9x40 with BDC. It's accounted for a nice little doe in Alabama last year. I love the caliber and rifle! I've always loved the cartridge and was looking to scratch that itch and find something that wasn't gonna kick as much. Prolly a 7mm-08 coming someday, too.

Remington 700 CDL 25-06 just Whitetails so far. Steelhead all those animals look like they dont like your 250AI.

Your sig photo is incredibly tacky...



I love it!

my go-to rifle is my model 70 Fwt in 25-06... it exhibits sparkling accuracy with a number of loads... and makes me look better than i am...

the lack of an Amax bullet makes me go weak in the knees though, and i may sell it off, for lack of same...










NOT!!!

Have you tried the SST?? Has anybody tried the SST, and if so, what kinda results did you get?

I'm fairly certain the SST is about the last bullet I would throw at anything larger than a squirrel.

Ok, just checkin'. You talkin' grays or reds or fox squirrels?

257 Roberts with 115 NBTs.

Corsican Ram and lil piggy.

Fox squirrels are big and tough. Prolly need a TSX.

Browning B78 in .25-06. Two shots, and my first two deer.

it shoots tiny little groups with either the 75vmax or the 100 ballistic tip... or, it does almost as well with the 100 partition...

i'm not looking for anything really, although top level accuracy with the heavier bullets of 115-120 gr has eluded me...
what it does shoot though it shoots well enough to do just about anything i care to do with a rifle...

if this were a fairy tale, i'd tell you that the 75s and 100s shot to the same point of aim... not so, but i have loaded a magazine with the vmax, the 100 B.T. and the 100 partition, and kept them all in the 2" square of This Printable Target ...

25-20 Marlin M94 made in 1906. Use it with cast bullets for small game and plinking .

250 Savage in Savage M99R and Ruger M77 tang safety. Used both on antelope, whitetail and coyotes.

257 Roberts, Ruger M77 MKII also used on antelope, whitetail and coyotes.
Sure wish we had hogs around here, these rifles need more work!

Bro, if this were a fairy tale none of you cats would be in it!!!

25-06 Steyr prohunter, whitetail only.

A 25-06 on a Savage 110 action 26" Pacnor, Weatherby mkV ulw 25-06.
Whitetail and Antelope is all I have used them on.
117 SST is the bullet of choice for me. Very accurate!
A buddy shoulder shot a young bull elk with same and blood mushed a front quarter (no surprise) so ribs are his only target now.
I've not shot an elk with the .25SST. That's more of a 45-70 kind of target for me.

My girlfriend has the same and has taken a couple of whitetail bucks with it....

250-3000 Savage M99A - Whitetail deer and coyotes

Twin Ruger tang safety M77s .257 Roberts - Antelope, Black bear, Mule and Whitetail deer, coyotes.

PS, forgot - I picked up a long throat tang safety M77 .257 Roberts recently and it has not been bloodied.

Ruger tang safety 257 Roberts AI. Whitetail.

Ruger 250 Savage,250 AI,257Roberts AI and a 25-06 that I just put the barrel on the other day.
Game shot are coyotes,hogs,prairie dogs and white tail deer.

700 Classic, .25-06
700 SPS-SS, .257 Weatherby, now in a Mickey Classic Swirley

I'd hunt 'lopes, blacktail/mulies/whitetails with either, probably use them for spike or cow elk too, if I didn't have bigger guns that need to go for walks in the woods.

Looking at picking up a Hawkeye in .257 Roberts. Love to find a .250 Savage also, but I suspect I'll have to build one. At some point, I may get an M70 Sporter in .25-06, too.

.25-06 Rem 700 CDL, 6x Leupold. It's taken a half-dozen mule deer, and coyote:

250 sav and 2506.

257 Roberts model 70 43.5gr IMR 4350 115gr Nosler partition. I
got 5 or 6 Antelope with that gun and load. Now use 110 Accubonds wuth Win760 or IMR 4350. Also have Remington pump
in 257 Roberts.

Thanks, I had been looking for a while for something clever to use. Came upon it one day, just wish I had been the one to take the pic.

I had a Sako A7 in 25-06. It killed several hogs and whitetails.

Now have a Sako 85 Finnlight 25-06 that has hunted Mole deer but no kills yet.

Well, the best ideas are usually borrowed

As to 25's, I've only owned/used the 250 Savage and 257 Roberts. Bigger 25's have never held an interest for me.

The 77 year old, non-Ai'd Rob is my favorite by a mile... New England/American ingenuity at its finest, and the best use for the 7x57 ever devised.

Back in high school I hunted with M70 Winlite in 25-06, it is the only rifle I wish I had back. 22" barrel, McMillian stock, very handy.


The 84M Bob is a pretty decent replacement.


Indian's are pretty good shots!


Fair weather safe queen though....

I have a Tikka T3 in .25-06 that I have used on whitetail, mule deer, antelope and coyotes. It is HOT DEATH with basic Fusion ammo!










I also have a Weatherby Mark V .257 Wby Mag that has been used on whitetails and coyotes. Currently bedding the action on it so that its a true 400 yd gun....just not shooting as well as I'd like it to. Working up a load for it with 100gr TSX and RL22.....hopefully will be shoooting about 3700fps and MOA or sub MOA when its all done!







Chris

Careful what you wish for!

Ditto here, my favorite rifle. Have carried it to hunt prairie dogs, coyotes, antelope, deer and elk but the deer and elk have eluded me while it was in my hands.

257AI for the sons, deer, antilope and Elk, 115NP DRT. Currently deciding between a Bob or a 6.5 Swede to make up for me, I am a traditionlist and great cartdriges.

Hands down 257 Roberts (Bob)

Dang that's a nice lookin' rifle, Sammo...

Why would anybody shoot a 25-anything, when they could have a 270?

Currently, 257 Roberts and a 257 Wby. Dad has a 25 WSSM and I have owned 3 25-06's over the years.

Sweet shooting little setup. The short action limits me to 110 and smaller loads, but that's not all bad. I have several nice hunting loads with 100gr pills that are shooting just outside 1/2" groups.

Simplyme, was that a suggestion for me? Or just the Roberts abreviation?
Bob

Cuz God didn't make everybody equal! He made some of us smarter, and for the rest...he made 270's.

257wby. I hope to shoot a deer with it this year.

25-06 rem 700 stainless, sythetic

15 white tails and two wild hogs to date with her..

Sum Pairful Medicine!!

I have a 257 AI & a Weatherby Mag.

The AI takes everything from groundhogs to coyotes to deer. My Roy hasn't been bloodied yet, but just returned from Colorado where my Aunt attempted to fill a cow elk tag with it but was unsuccessful.

The AI'll go w/ my mentee w/ us to deer camp, and my Roy w/ me for the same time.

Tang safety Ruger 257 Roberts.

Had "Redneck" build this one for me. Had it built primarily for deer but plan on taking it on a hunt somewhere in years to come. I've had it 2 weeks and STILL haven't got it to the range yet. Work, weather and work..but it WILL make it to the range this week ! I'm cleaning it for the first time rite now, have some loads worked up so break-in time is upon me. I'm ready to send some down range.!!!
Model 70 Short Action, 21" Pac Nor Stainless Match. Action trued,Bedded, floated, lugs lapped and a trigger job. Talley Light-weights and a Leupold 2.5-8x36

I have three quarter bores. An 1892 saddle ring carbine that has killed boat loads of ground hogs, Gray and Fox Squirrels and cottontail rabbits and two bobs which have taken a bunch of deer.

My first Bob, a 1980s Winchester Featherweight, killed over a hundred deer during regular hunting seasons and many many more for biological data and population control for the KY Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Unfortunately, that rifle was lost in a fire.

Saw a Remington 700 Classic in 250-3000 the other day which I may have to acquire, and may re-barrel a NULA .338/06 to .25/06. I love the quarter bores!

Sorry yes for you

Real man don't need to compensate for bore size

or lack thereof...

Fixed it for you, Pat.

'03 in 257AI gets used a fair bit. It and I like Sierra 117 Pro Hunters. I also have a 110 in 250, a pre 64 in 250AI and a Siamese in 25AKI.

Pretty tough to beat a 25.06 on whitetails and muleys. More one shot, DRT over 20 years than with any other caliber, including .300 WM.

But my Rem. Varminter was getting a tad bit heavier each year for some reason, so I fixed her up for the range.

"My first Bob, a 1980s Winchester Featherweight, killed over a hundred deer during regular hunting seasons and many many more for biological data and population control for the KY Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Unfortunately, that rifle was lost in a fire."

KyWindageII - that's one heck of a track record, and a doggone shame that the rifle was lost.

Guy

What?? No love for the 25ACP around here? Just picked one up recently in the Baby Browning pattern Colt. Haven't had any range time with it yet. Nobody ever seems to share pet loads for the 25ACP. Which bullet should I be using for long range Muleys?

Custom 25-06
Whitetail deer.

Remington 700 glass bedded action, floated Lilja 26" barrel, Alaskan II olive and black webb stock with aluminum bedding block, fluted bolt, and skeletonized bolt handle.
Scope is a Swarovski 4x12x50 BRX retical.
110 gr. Accubonds.

My own .25 caliber line-up includes a Savage 23 in .25-20. This one is used mostly for small game (is GREAT for squirrels and rabbits) and close range varmits. It has taken a couple of hogs and one deer, but is really too small for such use on a regular basis.

My favorite .25 is a Savage 99 in .250-3000. This one has a bit of history as it was the last rifle my father used before he died. Since then it has taken deer and hogs for me, my daughters and grandkids......four generations using the same rifle. Total deer killed since it's been in the family is more than 50....and who knows how many fell to previous owners.

My newest (to me anyway) is a Ruger 77 in .25-06. So far it's only taken a single hog and two deer, but I have bigger plans for the future. This gun was bought to be used primarilly for Pronghorn.

In the past I've used other .25 caliber rifles to hunt....25-35, .257 Roberts, .257 Weatherby and once a .25-284 wildcat. It's kind of odd that I've used the .25 calibers so effectively as I am at heart a bigger-bore kind of guy. Generally my "deer" rifles start with the .30-06. Somehow, even though they get a lot less woods time, good things just seem to happen when I have one of the "little" guns in my hands.

Sure, I have two stainless Ravens. I keep them both squeaky clean. If anyone forgets to bring their gun to a gun fight I can give them one of those.

Hope they can run fast.

Cant use a Baby Browning for mulies!! ( unless you scope it)

My best 25cal. kill. Savage 99 EG in 250-3000, Rem 100 gr. core-lokts

I just put together my first (and only, as of now) .25 cal rifle this spring. I went 25-06AI and it's only been used this season for Antelope by both the wife and I. It's just a 23" pacnor barreled "faux-ti" but I really like it so far and it loves the 100NBT. I'll use it on whitetail this season and don't expect it to bounce off any.

Sako 75 25-06 and I just bought a Remington ADL in 25-06.

I'll get back in touch with you down the road a bit. Off for a Wooly Mammoth hunt in the morning, must rest up a bit.

http://www.ammo-one.com/297-250Rook.html

Wooly Mammoth with a 56gr Lead Solid? You'll need more than "a bit of rest".
Thanks for that link, cool little ctg.

257 Weatherby sub-moa model. First quarter bore I have owned. Haven't shot anything but paper so far.

I have a pre 64 Model 70 in 257 Roberts. Also, two red pad, tang safety Ruger UL 77s in 250 Savage and 257 Roberts. Also, a 257 Wby mag in a Weatherby Mark V Lasermark. Recently purchased a Kimber Montana in 257 Roberts, which is the only one that I have hunted with.

Killed two antelope last month in Wyoming with the Montana.

donsm70

Remington Sportsman 78 I rebarreled with a take-off 25-06 barrel I picked up off the internet (might have even been here at the Fire). It's killed a slew of antelope and this year got a coyote too.

Came home from the fun show today with a 25-06 Ruger 77 Mark II Target Rifle.... Did I just say Ruger 77 and Target Rifle in the same sentence! What are things coming to? So far I am hunting for an excuse! Really - just trying to be more open minded, first CRF... Thinking that 26" 1in10" should work....

Love those '78s. Wish I could have picked a whole mess of them, rather than the one .223 I have.

Yeah, I like em too. My wife's rifle is based on one also, they make great donors.

Damn, can't believe I got to this thread this late.
Ruger MkII S/S 25-06. Love that rifle; antelope and mulies DO NOT!
kenster99: Very nice '99 set-up you got there.Me likes.

Early on this 257Roberts was a built up 700 LA Mountain Rifle, barreled up by Bevan King in BC.



...... later morphed into a faux TI.

Hardcore!

I always liked the Ruger RL's... had two in 257 Rbt's, but not in 250 Savage. Also had an M77 RSI in 250 Savage. Also two Kimber 84M's in 257 Rbt's. Neither shot exceptionally, but would go under an inch with a few loads.

If I ever get another Rob, it'll be a Kimber 84L MT re-barrel... match the factory contour and cut to 23"... likely a 6 grove 1-9".

I see the 257 Roberts is very popular with us 25 cal guys. I have only had mine out to the range this year because of health issues. Next years hunting season will be a different story. Keep em cumming guys and gals.

Not very many 257s here in eastern Canada. I only know one other fellow with one other than myself and he got his passed down from his father. He'd probably have a 308 otherwise.


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