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Re: 25-06 or 243??
« Reply #30 on: January 01, 2010, 09:26:26 AM »
25-06 hands down if including elk.  I'm not too impressed with the .243 on deer.

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Re: 25-06 or 243??
« Reply #31 on: January 01, 2010, 09:42:41 AM »
I have both, and haven't shot the 243 since I got the 25-06. But the 25-06 really does some damage when it hits with any of the varmint class bullets.

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Re: 25-06 or 243??
« Reply #32 on: January 01, 2010, 11:19:41 AM »
25-06 all the way

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Re: 25-06 or 243??
« Reply #33 on: January 06, 2010, 08:04:16 PM »
25-06. I just picked up a Tikka T3 stainless, Ive loaded up some nosler 110 accubonds with 49gr of RL 19. Should be a shooter.  :brew:

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Re: 25-06 or 243??
« Reply #34 on: January 06, 2010, 09:34:46 PM »
25 06 period , I killed a elk with a 243 mot impressed.

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Re: 25-06 or 243??
« Reply #35 on: January 06, 2010, 09:50:06 PM »
243, same as 308 only faster.

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Re: 25-06 or 243??
« Reply #36 on: January 06, 2010, 09:59:01 PM »
check out the 25wssm   i have both my 10 year old shoots them both    hit a running cow at 80 yards with the 25 her chin hit the ground fist  love it for  deer elk coyote you name it

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Re: 25-06 or 243??
« Reply #37 on: January 07, 2010, 07:39:23 AM »
Ive looked at the wssm for a good year now and if I get one it will be in an ar15 platform. Its about the same for an oly upper in 25wssm as it is for a nice bolt gun in 25-06 or 243. Im really thinking 25-06 now and an upper later :drool:

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Re: 25-06 or 243??
« Reply #38 on: January 07, 2010, 05:07:37 PM »
I saw a ruger ultralite .257 bob the other day and it was local. you interested?
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Re: 25-06 or 243??
« Reply #39 on: January 07, 2010, 05:47:11 PM »
my buddy has a 243 super short magnum....he loves that thing, takes deer and coyotes and all sorts of stuff with it.  dont think hes ever tried an elk though
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Re: 25-06 or 243??
« Reply #40 on: January 07, 2010, 06:06:14 PM »
How much jdb? I know binary has weatherby syns for 367 - 30 right now

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Re: 25-06 or 243??
« Reply #41 on: January 07, 2010, 06:21:12 PM »
Given the choice stated, I'd go with the 25-06 hands down.  But if you get a line on a reasonable 257 Roberts I'd be all over that like....well, you know...
For what it's worth, I am upgrading Pathfinder Jr from his single shot .243 to a bolt action .308 for his birthday this year (no one tell him... :chuckle: ).  He's 10 (turning 11), and not big for his age, so I have to get a youth model because of the stock length and the weight, but I wanted him to have a .30 cal for elk and bear hunting.  Just my  :twocents:
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.  That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

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Re: 25-06 or 243??
« Reply #42 on: January 07, 2010, 08:54:46 PM »
We'll see I won't buy anything for at least a month

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Re: 25-06 or 243??
« Reply #43 on: January 07, 2010, 10:39:19 PM »
243, same as 308 only faster.
if you think the 243 is in the same class as a 308 you're on drugs.
you can still get gas in heaven, and a drink in kingdom come,
in the meantime, i'll be cleaning my gun

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Re: 25-06 or 243??
« Reply #44 on: January 08, 2010, 10:40:19 AM »
Man I really don't like the 308. Sure it's a good round but to me they kick just as hard as my 338 win. I hurt after putting a box though the savage I sighted for a friend, an the sps I shot wasn't any better. I've shot 50 rounds out of my 338 an not hurt like that. I'm going to take a friends 25-06 out an see how it kicks.

 


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