wildcatter
Silver $$ Contributor
Brian I've had both, if you consider the 25/06 easy to load for, you accept less than I. or you were very lucky! I have two close friends that loved their 25/06 till they shot and seen the results of the 257 Ackley. Easier to tune and more options, with the same outcome for velocity. They both now abandoned their 25/06.@wildcatter,
If we're adding AIs to the mix, and you love the 250 Savage, I'll toss in my 250 Ackley Improved (and its modern twin reinvention, the 25 Creedmoor) as possibly the ultimate quarter-bore for efficiency and efficacy. That said, one can find 25-06 ammo on the remotest store shelf in the country, and as someone pointed out factory velocity data in no way represents the easy potential of the 25-06 in the hands of the handloader.
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The 250 Savage is one of the best in the Improved version. Just don't expect the same results as the Bob Improved, unless you want to limit yourself to fast powders, not efficient in the Bob, and 20" barrels. then we can close the gap drastically. In a 20" light deer rifle the 250 shines.
Make it a 24" light deer rifle and the Roberts AI really stretches it's advantage. Take 25/06 to even 26" and that gap just aint there!