.25 Cal (Quarter Bore) / Big Game Success - 25 Creed, 25-284, 25-06, 25 PRC, 25 SAUM

[khuber84]

Larger cases are needed to make the heavy/high bc 25 cal bullets competitive. A 20in 6cm will run heavy bullets at 2950-3000mv. A 20in 25cm will be at top end around 2700-2750mv. You have to step up to a short mag or larger to get them going fast enough to see the difference on paper. But now you're at a significant recoil disadvantage. The 25 cal trend is cool, but they are near same mousetrap as a 65mm.

 

[Elk Chaser]

25 PRC made short work of this last day MT bull at ~275 yards. Didn't bother with autopsy pics as I was solo and needed to get him taken care of. As expected the 134 eld-m worked beautifully, hit him three times through the lungs as him and the herd were just standing around...on his feet for maybe 30 seconds after the first shot. I have to say I'm also very impressed with the US OG6.5 as well. Coming from a TBAC U5 I'm certain the whole group would have been sent into far more of a frenzy after the first shot. As it was, they just milled around confused until the bull hit the ground. I'll be working up a load with the 128 eld-x over the winter to see if I can wring a little more speed out of my 18" barrel.

 

[sierracharlie338]

25 PRC made short work of this last day MT bull at ~275 yards. Didn't bother with autopsy pics as I was solo and needed to get him taken care of. As expected the 134 eld-m worked beautifully, hit him three times through the lungs as him and the herd were just standing around...on his feet for maybe 30 seconds after the first shot. I have to say I'm also very impressed with the US OG6.5 as well. Coming from a TBAC U5 I'm certain the whole group would have been sent into far more of a frenzy after the first shot. As it was, they just milled around confused until the bull hit the ground. I'll be working up a load with the 128 eld-x over the winter to see if I can wring a little more speed out of my 18" barrel.

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I can’t wait to kill something with the 134 lol

 

[Elk Chaser]

I can’t wait to kill something with the 134 lol

That makes one antelope and one bull elk for me this year with them. Interestingly enough both right around 275 yards as well. Antelope was DRT pretty much as expected, very happy with the performance thus far...I really feel these new 25 caliber bullets strike a happy medium with with recoil when using a good suppressor or brake and just a little more bullet mass than the 223/243 offerings.

 

[FredH]

Larger cases are needed to make the heavy/high bc 25 cal bullets competitive. A 20in 6cm will run heavy bullets at 2950-3000mv. A 20in 25cm will be at top end around 2700-2750mv. You have to step up to a short mag or larger to get them going fast enough to see the difference on paper. But now you're at a significant recoil disadvantage. The 25 cal trend is cool, but they are near same mousetrap as a 65mm.

Heavy for the 6cm topping out at 115 grs and heavy for the 25 cm topping out at 134 gr. Or are you comparing 103,108 and 109 grain bullets to the 134 grain bullets in the 25?