Want to build a 25 cal.—-your input appreciated

[Harv87]

25 saum is my go to with a 7.5 twist running berger 133 at 3250 fps it great at the 1000 yd range and in the field hunting

 

[Stevie Ray1998]

I don't get it....lol. No mention of the venerable .25-06? Asking for a friend.

 

[std7mag]

I don't get it....lol. No mention of the venerable .25-06? Asking for a friend.

OP has 25-06, but is looking for something short action.

 

[MikeT49]

25 Western

 

[Big Mc]

I currently own a few 25-06 rifles and love the chambering but would like to build something with velocities close to the 25-06 but in a short action…and something with a more efficient case design. A little less powder capacity and a little less recoil than the 25-06 would be ideal.
Here’s the difference compared to other threads—I am not looking to shoot heavy bullets. Main purpose of the build would be a relatively lightweight flat shooting coyote rifle out to 500 yds +/- with the ability to shoot occasional Antelope or deer. Currently have an abundant supply of 75 grain V-Max along with some 85 Noslers and 115 Berger hunting. The 115 would be the absolute heaviest bullet I would want to shoot.
Ideas so far are: 250 AI or 25 Creedmoor, also received some excellent input on the 25-243 AI. Any input, thoughts, or additional suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thank you

257 Roberts is hard to beat. Been around for many years. Tommy Mc

 

[LHSmith]

I had a 250AI built several years ago. Brass at that time was available if you were patient. FL dies were available from Redding, and I had the smith make an in-line seater. Reamer rental was from 4D. Very happy with it shooting 100 gr. Ballistic Tips.

 

[whatsupdoc]

I just got my 25 creed back from the smith, I intend to use 135 bergers
but for the first 50 or so I am shooting various random loads using old leftover bullets from my 25-06.

With 100 SMK using a slow load of 41.6 H4350 it put 5 @ .29 using a bipod and
rear bag. So it looks like it will be a shooter.

With so much free 6.5 creed brass out there all you need to do is change the bushing
on a 6.5 creed die and you are good to go.

 

[Dan V.]

A 25 dasher. It will work in a short action but I don't know how it feeds from a magazine. Maybe someone with experience with this could comment. A friend of mine won the Wisconsin state F-Class match with this one year shooting 115 Bergers.