I want to buy a .25 caliber rifle as an all around gun for deer, antelope, varmints and targets. I am looking for something flat shooting and hard hitting. I would like to hear your recommendations on which .25 caliber to buy. I am not restricted to factory cartridges so any wildcat recommendations would be appreciated as well. Thanks!

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Washington, DC -- where they took a perfectly good swamp and made it into a sewer.

Go with the .25/284! Great brass available from Lapua and you'll love reloading for it plus you get a lot of performance. I would personally go for the 6mm/.284 because of the better bullets available (from varmints to big-game) but you won't go wrong with the .25/284.

I would agree with Bill. I would go for the 25/284.I have a 30/284 and I shot graet

.250Savage or 25-06 for accurate flat shooting sweethearts

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Shark Bait:
[B]I want to buy a .25 caliber rifle as an all around gun for deer, antelope, varmints and targets. I am looking for something flat shooting and hard hitting. I would like to hear your recommendations on which .25 caliber to buy

You may want to consider a .257 Roberts Improved,seems to be a well rounded caliber.
I have thought of converting one of my Mausers that is just sitting around to one for my wife to use.
Dennis

257DGR.

Take a look at the links.

http://www.duanesguns.com

http://www.angelfire.com/nd/243ackleyimproved

Good Hunting
Jeff in ND

[This message has been edited by Jeff in ND (edited 01-03-2002).]