Long range target shooting caliber

[emcon5]

how does 25-06 compare to some of the other smaller caliber cartridges. Picked up a savage earlier this year and am trying to decide if I want to get into shooting it enough to start reloading. Commercial ammo for it isn't cheap, nor readily available in at my local shooting shops. I am considering entering some local competitions.

The problem with .25-06 for a LR Target rig is the availability of quality High BC Match Bullets.

The best option is probably the Berger 115g VLD hunting bullet.
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/10...diameter-115-grain-vld-hollow-point-boat-tail

The published Ballistics Coefficient of 0.466 is not bad, but lags well behind the better 6.5 and 7mm bullets.

 

[Ritz]

Wow...so he got a .338RUM. WAY too much recoil for my tastes and definitely has the range he was talking about. Then again, if you can't shoot way down range with a .308, it's probably not going to improve by complicating things with a shoulder-thumping flinch added to the mix. That's got to be at LEAST double the felt recoil of a .308.

Best,

 

[Bart B.]

If he shoots a long range prone match, I hope he mounts the scope way forward. Saw a guy's face covered in blood after he fired his 300 Wby Mag from prone after shooting his first sighter at 1000 yards. The scope's eyepiece worked like a cookie cutter on his eyebrow.

That .338 of his has a lot of recoil.