Ringbill27
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I love every thing about a tikka expect the cartridge options, barrels twists and then recoil pad. Two of those problems can be addressed with a different barrel and the other is a $35 limbsaver.
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Nosler and Norma make pretty solid 25-06 brass ready to load right out the gate and you can find it. The latter is stellar.Only other issue with .25-06 is brass availability. With .25-06AI you also have to either fireform brass or shoot standard loads to form and build up your brass over time.
I went down the path of necking down and trimming .30-06 brass and I wouldn’t do it again. You’re looking at either multiple steps down or one step and neck turning. It’s a lot of time and hassle to get average brass and it’s really easy to screw up the case necks.
I have some 25-06AI load data from Berger I can share too. It’s all based on 26” barrel, so you’d want to subtract ~200fps for 18” barrel.
Which BAT?We did a shooting weekend in 2019 on my ranch back in Northern CA. Wind was calmish on Saturday and it went decently for everyone’s guns. One gun quit making hits and it turned out to be a loss of zero (Leupold Mark 5).
Sunday the wind and dust picked up really bad. We pressed on and continued the 10 hour match to close it out. We got our asses kicked by those conditions.
We had 3 actions fail to chamber and shoot due to dust and dirt getting in the guns. 2 were Lone Peak and one was a BAT. All of the Tikkas and Sakos ran with zero issues.
I would say it depends on the type of competition you’re in.