What is a 25 Souper?

[blacklab]

Have heard of this a few times but don`t know what it is. Bought a box of assorted dies at an estate sale and it had a set of dies for a 25 souper.

[anweis]

It's a .25-.308, the 308 case necked down, without other modifications, i believe.

[Kurt L]

It's a .25-.308, the 308 case necked down, without other modifications, i believe.

Yes that is it.I was looking at some stuff a couple nights ago and that is one I was looking at and it say's just as you posted plus that it never got popular as the 257's and savage 250 improved etc was already  popular.

[bilmac]

25 souper has always been a wildcat, never a factory round. Actually none of the 25s have done well, the 6mms pretty well doomed them. 

[quickdtoo]

Here's a previous discussion on it.

Tim

http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/topic,123869.msg1098431564.html#msg1098431564

[Spanky]

25 souper has always been a wildcat, never a factory round. Actually none of the 25s have done well, the 6mms pretty well doomed them. 

I'd rather have a 257 Roberts or a 25-06 than any 243/6 mm.



Spanky

[bilmac]

I've always had the same opinion, the 6s have always seemed marginal as a deer caliber to me, but the only 25 that I've had was a 25-06. whereas I've had several 243s and a 6mm. They are common but the 25s are not. I've always wanted a souper, big enough bullets the be a little better on deer size critters, and gobs of 308 brass around, but I never wanted one enough to lay out the extra dough. Now with the 260 available I suppose I never will get a souper. Curious why the 25s never really caught on, kind of like the 35s never really making it either.