Hello to everyone, new member here!
I’m an avid coyote and pig hunter. I’ve been playing around with a few different calibers/rifles over the last couple of years for my thermal hunting. Been doing some research and stumbled across the 25 DTI caliber.
When we started the thermal hunting game we started out with 556 and quickly moved up to 308. Then made a switch to 6.5 grendel and now using the 6mm creedmore. Seemed like the grendel was good at the coyotes but not so good on the pigs at running shots, when shot placement wasn’t the greatest. The 6 mm creedmore seems to be the best so far. My current load is 100 grain hornady interlocks traveling at 2900 fps. The problem with this gun is it’s heavy and long, which makes it unpleasant to hunt with when you’re traveling from field to field. Adding a suppressor makes it even worse with a 22 inch barrel.
After some reading on the forums and talking to dtech, seems like I can get close to the same performance with a 90 to 100 grain bullet out of the 25 dti. Ultimately, I want something lighter, shorter and better handling. I would probably develop a lighter coyote load and heavier pig load.
Anyone go down this route? It’s obviously not an inexpensive upgrade to do this especially with the availability of reloading components and cost of the upper. Just don’t want to go backwards.
I’m an avid coyote and pig hunter. I’ve been playing around with a few different calibers/rifles over the last couple of years for my thermal hunting. Been doing some research and stumbled across the 25 DTI caliber.
When we started the thermal hunting game we started out with 556 and quickly moved up to 308. Then made a switch to 6.5 grendel and now using the 6mm creedmore. Seemed like the grendel was good at the coyotes but not so good on the pigs at running shots, when shot placement wasn’t the greatest. The 6 mm creedmore seems to be the best so far. My current load is 100 grain hornady interlocks traveling at 2900 fps. The problem with this gun is it’s heavy and long, which makes it unpleasant to hunt with when you’re traveling from field to field. Adding a suppressor makes it even worse with a 22 inch barrel.
After some reading on the forums and talking to dtech, seems like I can get close to the same performance with a 90 to 100 grain bullet out of the 25 dti. Ultimately, I want something lighter, shorter and better handling. I would probably develop a lighter coyote load and heavier pig load.
Anyone go down this route? It’s obviously not an inexpensive upgrade to do this especially with the availability of reloading components and cost of the upper. Just don’t want to go backwards.