.243 or 25-06
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Oakland OR USA
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RE: .243 or 25-06
You should be able to find a lighter weight rifle in the 243 Win easier than the 25-06 because of the shorter bullet lenghth . Personally I don' t find the recoil to be that bad in either one of them , I own both calibers . When my grandsons started to hunt I bought them 243 wins for thier first guns and liked the caliber so well I have three of them myself .
#5
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NC
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RE: .243 or 25-06
My son learned how to shoot a rifle at a young age with a scoped 22 then went up to a 243 and at age 10 he killed his first deer with that gun. He' s now 13 and can shoot my 30.06 and 25.06 really well for his age. I would have to agree that the 243 is a good gun to start a youngster off with and it' s recoil is light as they learn how to shoot. The 25.06 does have more recoil than the 243 and like already mentioned may cause some bad habits to develope. I' m not saying she couldn' t handle the 25.06 now but from my experience with my kid the 243 would be better for her.
#6
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RE: .243 or 25-06
You know if your a handloader, hodgson puts out some cool downloaded loads for young people. While at the range I was really impressed at some of them. The accuracy was good and recoil was nice. I think more than anything is the rifle fitting the individual. You can get a .243 that doesn' t fit the child and causes him problems.
I started out with a 243win and it didn' t fit me at all. Thinking back, that was my biggest obsacle.
I started out with a 243win and it didn' t fit me at all. Thinking back, that was my biggest obsacle.
#8
RE: .243 or 25-06
Hands down the 25-06 rem. 115grn bullet in the rem or win or ruger rifles and federal ammo. I' m not a bigg fan of the 243win for deer. It works for them but I' m just a fan of the 25-06.I don' t think the recoil is that far apart.BBJ
#10
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Bossier City LA United States
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RE: .243 or 25-06
Actually I would skip both and look long and hard at a 260 Rem. If you are stuck on one of the two though I would go with the 243 Win. I just don' t see any advantage to the 25-06. If you are going to shoot a 25-06 you would be much better served with a 270 Win.