good 25 cal catridge for hunting deer and maybe elk

[akodo]

I have a question for the original poster


Why are the 25 caliber bullets so readily available in austria? What chamberings are the austrian reloaders buying them in?

What other calibers are also popular there, and common in new hunting rifles?

How likely are you to really start reloading in the next say 3 years?

 

[agent00]

@akado I want to learn reloading some day, but it is not very likley that I will start reloading in the next years. Und .25 bullets, are qutie cheap here in austria because there are fw 6,5 mm loads are very popular here in my country. Eg. the 6,5 mm swedish mauser, and the 6,5 mm x 65 rws. Other quite pupular loads, are 308 winchester, 30-06 sprinfield, 243 winchester, 270 winchester, 8x57 mauser. I also know some shooters how are found of the 25-06 remington,but they are no hunters, they are target shooters.

 

[T-Mac]

I have killed several elk with a 25-06.
One shot kills. 120 Grain loads.
I'm not the only one around here, either.

 

[akodo]

agent00

I reask my question "why do you think 25 caliber bullets (.257) are common? What common chamberings in your country use .257. Also, please note that the 6.5x55 uses .264, and is NOT a 25 caliber.

I think you may have gotten your wires crossed and you should be asking about 6.5mm chambeirngs, or .264 caliber.