biblefreak
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Ok, so I thought I had my mind made up between a 25.06 and a .257 Roberts. After much searching locally I have found exactly zero .257 Roberts and a small hand full of 25.06 rifles. I am leaning back towards the .243 as there are tons of them, they tend to handle better then 25.06 rifles I have found, my purposes will be mostly paper punching, the likely hood of hunting is slight and if I do there are several 100-107gr bullets available which is only 13gr less than the heaviest .25 caliber bullet of 120gr. Being 6mm there are a lot more bullets available then for the quarter bores in both hunting and target practice.
I am specifically looking at a Savage 10/11 (hopefully used) due to their known out of the box accuracy and after market products available for any future upgrades.
The Savage shows a 1 in 9.25" twist. Is this a fast enough twist to run the heavier 100-107gr bullets? How does this twist affect the lighter bullets such as the 55-60gr bullets?
Thanks for all the help everybody has been so far in trying to find the right rifle.
I am specifically looking at a Savage 10/11 (hopefully used) due to their known out of the box accuracy and after market products available for any future upgrades.
The Savage shows a 1 in 9.25" twist. Is this a fast enough twist to run the heavier 100-107gr bullets? How does this twist affect the lighter bullets such as the 55-60gr bullets?
Thanks for all the help everybody has been so far in trying to find the right rifle.