25 Souper
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My gunsmith should be just about done my barrel in .25 Souper for my Savage 16 bolt-action. I'm looking forward to seeing what it can do. Not that I'm expecting anything that 100 other cartridges can't do; I just like the quarter bores and exotic stuff. I figure I can get it up to the .257 Bob pretty easily, and maybe further. I wouldn't mind seeing pics of your 99. Did they just ream out a .250 Savage chamber, or completely rebarrel a .308?
You won't be able to go to 257 Roberts from 25 Souper simply by rechambering with a reamer, you'd need to first set back the barrel. Otherwise the reamer wouldn't be able to clean up the 25 Souper chamber. It would be pointless anyways, as the two have practically the same case capacities. If that's your ultimate objective, in order to take advantage of standard dies, etc., you should go to 257 Roberts first and skip the 25 Souper. In a Savage 99, can its rotary magazine and action even accommodate the length of the 257 Roberts? Something like 2.850" is the limit I think.
25 Souper to 257 Roberts Improved you could do without the barrel set back.
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Sorry, I should have been more clear. I meant that I hoped to get the ballistics of the .257 Bob out of my Souper. If I wanted a Bob, I'd just buy one off the EE. It's hard to type when my knuckles drag on the ground.
With both loaded to the same pressures the 25-08 will not equal the Bob, significantly less case capacity with the 25-08..........now if you really want a short action 1/4 bore screamer the 25-284 is just the ticket. It was so popular at one time that Speer actually had data for it in their manuals.........
tylerjwitty
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That would sure be slicks . Never heard for er before but I can see how she would app eel to a deer Hunter like this hill billy . Although the 6.5 08 is slick also
Had one built on a Rem 788 years back, it was a very accurate round as I recall. - dan
The modell 99 left the factory as a .243 and at some point in its life was rechanbered to 25 Souper. I took the rifle as a recent trade, and I just got a chance to take it to the range. The former owner provided ammo, and I got to admit, I am really impressed with the accuracy. This gun is a slick little deer rifle!!
Go to the 24 hour campfire forum and try to contact Rocky Raab. He is a retired gun writer who posts there. He wrote an article about the super one time and from more current comments I believe he still has it. I remember enough of the article to know he spoke very favourably about the calibre.
Jim
Jim
