Currently have a 30-06 A bolt which is great but looking at a 25-06 or a 6.5 for another deer rifle/// bolt of course an thoughts thanks in advance

6.5 what?

I shot a .25-06 for many years and then bought a 6.5x55 which took over as my number one. Both are great Texas calibers.

Where do you shoot. I am not too far from you and we could possibly get together if you want to do a side by side shoot of them.

Creed

Rjd in Martins Mill

25-06 ammo is the most expensive of all the calibers I own. 30-30 is the cheapest with .270 in between the two.

Either is good but you already know everyone has Creedmoor fever so I expect that is what you will hear.

Ammo isn't cheap for my 30-06 either but nothing is really anymore I think I pay almost 40 a box

Scott I've be leaning more to 25 but not sure the 6.5 may fade way no telling UT would like to hear more on the 25 06

im a fan of the .257 but what do I know.
https://ronspomeroutdoors.com/blog/25-06-remington-beats-6-5-creedmoor/

Yeah, let's only go to 400 yards with it, and the 25-06 is a long action. Compare long action to long action, and there are plenty of cartridges that keep the 25-06 as a loser.

Dumb title for that article.

He should have used a 6.5-06 or 6.5-284 for a fair comparison.

25-06 is w solid hunting round but I wouldn't target shoot with it.

Straight up fair would be 25-06 vs 6.5-06. It blows me away that no one has standardized the 6.5-06. With a 140-150g bullet I would think it would out perform the 25-06 as well as the 270 Winchester. On another note Remington not supporting their own cartridges such as the .260 and .280 is a major wtf. Should they have marketed them as the 6.5-08 and 7-06? Would people have paid attention then? In My Opinion the 280 should be what the 270 always has been.

6.5-284 norma (long action version) has identical case capacity to the 6.5-06 but is standardized although not overly popular with most rifle manufacturers.

I have a 257R. I've only killed 3 animals (deer & hogs) with it but nothing has take a step. I've used 115 Nosler Ballistic Tips & the now discontinued 120 Hornady Interlock HP. It's an effective killer and the 25-06 would give you a little more range.

I have a 257R. I've only killed 3 animals (deer & hogs) with it but nothing has take a step. I've used 115 Nosler Ballistic Tips & the now discontinued 120 Hornady Interlock HP. It's an effective killer and the 25-06 would give you a little more range.

I will say the 6.5 Creedmoor will never fade away. It's mainstream now and it will be a standard loading is all short action rifles along with the 308 & 243.

It is for hunting not target trying to keep my A bolt nice only reason looking

It would be interesting to see what the Creedmoor has done to new sales of the .308, .243 and 7mm-08.

I think it's eating in to all three but it's really going to hurt the 7mm-08. Bergara doesn't even offer a 7mm-08.

Exactly.

I disagree. 7mm-08 seems like it's never had a big following to begin with. Of course Remington screwed the pooch with the cartridge, neutering it with light weight bullets. Handloaders know how to make the 7mm-08 shine.

My bet is the 6.5 Creedmoor is cutting into .243 sales the most, and .308 sales as a tight second.

For a hunting oriented comparison going to 400 sure makes a lot of sense to me. I couldn't care less between long and short action, who really cares.

One has far more fuel available. The long action cartridge compared to a short action cartridge is not a proper scientific analysis.

As was said, compare a 25-06 to a 6.5-06, 6.5-284 or a 284 Win, or a 280 Rem, or a 280 Rem A.I. and it loses against all of them.

Nobody asked for a proper scientific analysis. Whats better for 400 yards and in hunting a 6.5 creed or a 25-06. His opinion was 25-06.

If the question was different good chance the answer would be too.

Have/had both. Killed a lot more with the 25-06 but creed is quickly catching up.

After I picked up a 257 weatherby the 06 sat idle.

First creed was a rebarreled shot out 243. Now have 3 creeds. Don’t ever see it fading away.

My 2 cents if you get at 25-06 get a 26” barrel. If you want to run a short platform then the creed is less effected by barrel length and It’s already a short action. You can run a creed as a lot shorter overall length/package then a 25-06 with minimal performance loss.

If you want a true comparison(barrel length, action, powder capacity ) the 6.5-284 is a better head to head with the 25-06. 25-06 runs on powder capacity, creed runs on efficiency both case capacity, pressures and bullet configuration.

Overall it’s comes down to either nostalgia or rifle configuration needs


Buy both, it’s un-Texan not to have a quarter bore.