I've looked hard at the .25-06 over the years and can see advantages over the .270 as a long-range varmint cartridge, shooting bullets lighter than 100 grains. However, I chose the .270 Win because, from what I understand, it has a bit better long-range ballistic performance, both external and terminal, with 130 grain bullets and heavier, for deer-sized and larger animals.
Handloaded, the .270 has a greater margin over the .25-06 because there are so many older .270 rifles around that factory ammo manufacturers deliberately load the .270 Win to lower pressures than newer cartridges using the same parent case.
I'm just curious as to what criteria most .25-06 owners feel was most important in choosing between the two cartridges: recoil, lighter bullet varmint performance, factory ammo performance, or what?
Handloaded, the .270 has a greater margin over the .25-06 because there are so many older .270 rifles around that factory ammo manufacturers deliberately load the .270 Win to lower pressures than newer cartridges using the same parent case.
I'm just curious as to what criteria most .25-06 owners feel was most important in choosing between the two cartridges: recoil, lighter bullet varmint performance, factory ammo performance, or what?