To play with wildcats again, as they sent me pictures of their latest projects.
L-R in order .257 Roberts, .25-7PRC (135 gr Berger), .25 Bobcat (110 gr ELD-X), and 7.62X39. Up until recently all he's owned was a half a dozen of the Roberts rifles both factory and customs that he and his two boys shoot.
My buddy rebarreled a M700 7mm RM to build his .25-7PRC and has been doing some testing. He's getting 3300 fps with the Berger bullet. I never saw him as one to go away from a more traditional look with his rifles but he surprised me.
I'm still waiting to hear on the .25 Bobcat as he's still waiting on the barrel. The .25 Bobcat is made on the 6 mm Dasher case and will be built on an AR-15 platform. He said if he can get it to cycle correctly, it will be his new pig rifle. He said the Dasher case holds 10 grains of water less than his Roberts, but thinks he'll only be around 100-150 fps slower with the ELD-X bullet. However, he's not sure the ELD-X will work as obviously he has to seat much deeper than he did in the picture.
I also have another friend who just built a .25 Nosler, on a Mark X action. He hasn't got a chance to test it much as he just took a huge promotion at his job, still cleaning up a mess he was left with. However, he can't shoot anything as long as the Berger because of magazine space. His bullet of choice is going to be a Hammer Hunter 121 grain.
Here is the load data his Hammer came up with for him.
I must admit that I have little interest in burning as much powder as the PRC and Nosler case. That Bobcat or a .25 Creedmoor would be a nice deer and pronghorn rifle. In reality though, I'd be really happy with a nice Remington 700 Classic in .250 Savage.
L-R in order .257 Roberts, .25-7PRC (135 gr Berger), .25 Bobcat (110 gr ELD-X), and 7.62X39. Up until recently all he's owned was a half a dozen of the Roberts rifles both factory and customs that he and his two boys shoot.
My buddy rebarreled a M700 7mm RM to build his .25-7PRC and has been doing some testing. He's getting 3300 fps with the Berger bullet. I never saw him as one to go away from a more traditional look with his rifles but he surprised me.
I'm still waiting to hear on the .25 Bobcat as he's still waiting on the barrel. The .25 Bobcat is made on the 6 mm Dasher case and will be built on an AR-15 platform. He said if he can get it to cycle correctly, it will be his new pig rifle. He said the Dasher case holds 10 grains of water less than his Roberts, but thinks he'll only be around 100-150 fps slower with the ELD-X bullet. However, he's not sure the ELD-X will work as obviously he has to seat much deeper than he did in the picture.
I also have another friend who just built a .25 Nosler, on a Mark X action. He hasn't got a chance to test it much as he just took a huge promotion at his job, still cleaning up a mess he was left with. However, he can't shoot anything as long as the Berger because of magazine space. His bullet of choice is going to be a Hammer Hunter 121 grain.
Here is the load data his Hammer came up with for him.
I must admit that I have little interest in burning as much powder as the PRC and Nosler case. That Bobcat or a .25 Creedmoor would be a nice deer and pronghorn rifle. In reality though, I'd be really happy with a nice Remington 700 Classic in .250 Savage.
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). BTW, did my first test of the 134 ELDMs in my 25 PRC blackjack--very mild loads and they show promise!