6.5 284 or 25-06

[demontang]

So im going to be getting a new rifle and cant quite settle on the cal. I sold my 338win but im looking at a 6.5284 savage long range hunter or a 25-06 weatherby vangaurd. The 25 is cheaper to shoot but has less long range power. Im thinking the savage will do all I want in that rifle and I can get a sweet deal on it, and I know the weatherby is sub moa with a easier to find chambering. Which do you think I should go with, it will be my all around rifle coyote-elk.

[Jim the Plumber]

6.5-284 and don't look back.

[SCRUBS]

6.5-284 and don't look back.

 

[Wenatcheejay]

I love my 6.5x284.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Both will do just fine ...I personally would go with the 25-06 ..It will kill anything from Rock chucks to bear and elk 

[Skillet]

I'm a 25-06 fan, but if elk and bear are on the list then I think between the two id take the 6.5, if for nothing else than the better selection  of hunting bullets available.

[demontang]

I really like the 25 cal but the bullets for the 6.5 seem to have way more options. The sd of the 6.5 is high too. I have been leaning toward the 6.5-284

[BOWHUNTER45]

YEAH it is a personal kinda thing ... I always was a fan of the lessor calipers ... I like flat and fast ...but like I said both will do just fine ...My buddy uses his 25-06 on bear and he never had any trouble putting them down ...

[floatinghat]

I am looking at 6.5x284 and 300wsm,  I was told if you don't reload don't consider the 6.5x284.  I was just given complete metallic reloading setup for helping someone move.  So that would be fun but, I haven't found a "deal" yet, alos looking at Savage.

[high country]

I have killed elk and deer with the 6.5-06 (ballistic twin of the 284) and the 25-06. In terms of killing power.....they be about par. The 6.5 is a handloaders dream with bullet choices......given an 8 twist that is.

[longrange7mm]

I have had both, my 25-06 AI shot great I loved it but the fact that I was capped at a 115 gr berger to get the B.C. i wanted is why I would go with the 6.5 I shot 140 gr bergers out of mine and it was a tack driver.. I have considered building another 6.5. I loved that gun but I built a 7 LRM instead that way I can shoot 168 gr for lighter game and the 180 gr for heavier 

[opdinkslayer]

I bought the Savage LR/Fluted SS in 6.5x284 a few months ago. Topped it with a Zeiss Conquest 6-20 target w/mil-dot. Haven't had the time or money to build a hand load and have a custom dial built by Kenton yet but it shoots sub moa groups and steel gongs out to 435 yds with HSM/140gr Berger Hunting vld bullets just using the mil-dots. Love the accu-trigger and the rifle in general. I have both and love both but the 6.5 is far more versatile in bullet choices and a long range champ. Go with the savage in 6.5 and don't look back.

[demontang]

Im thinking that money is going to leave my hands this week on the 6.5

[yorketransport]

You'll love the 6.5x284. I've had both the 25-06 and the 6.5. Both were good, but the 6.5 was better. Until there are more 25cal options out there, the 6.5 will almost always be better in my eyes.

You'll love the LRH as well. They really are a great gun.

Andrew

[carpsniperg2]

 Both are great but I would go with the 6.5x284