Info Wanted on 25-06
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MachIVshooter
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It's a great all-around cartridge for varmints and game animals up to and including elk. Very flat-shooting, gentle on the shoulder. It's ideal niche is deer and pronghorn. For varminting, it's a bit much on recoil and muzzle blast to tolerate high volume shooting like you would encounter on a busy praire dog town (200+ rounds in a day). For large elk, proper bullet selection and good shot placement is a must, since the lighter .257" bullets are unlikely to penetrate the heavy shoulder bones of these animals.
A .25-06 was my first rifle, bought on my 18th B-day. I've used it for praire dogs, coyotes, pronghorn, deer & elk with great success. However, I now have dedicated varmint rifles (.17 Rem & .220 Swift) and a much more potent elk rifle (8mm Rem Mag) to give a greater margin of error if I find myself facing a very long shot on a very large animal. The .25-06 is still my primary deer and pronghorn rifle, though, and also gets carried for cow elk.
A .25-06 was my first rifle, bought on my 18th B-day. I've used it for praire dogs, coyotes, pronghorn, deer & elk with great success. However, I now have dedicated varmint rifles (.17 Rem & .220 Swift) and a much more potent elk rifle (8mm Rem Mag) to give a greater margin of error if I find myself facing a very long shot on a very large animal. The .25-06 is still my primary deer and pronghorn rifle, though, and also gets carried for cow elk.
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It is more predator than varmint IMO and is superior to most smaller diameter rounds for distance shooting coyotes with the 90- gr bullets. It is one of the best for the deer and antelope sized animals with the 100-120 gr. As said you must be very selective if you intend to go for elk but it will suffice. I am not a one gun do it all guy so I use mine for deer with 100 gr Bal Tips but in recent yrs. I have hunted deer with ML so it has sat in the safe. I have a lot of sheep points and will probably use it when I draw. Can't go wrong to have at least one in the safe.
Just read a Handloader article yesterday where they gave praise to the 25-06 over 257 Roberts and 257 Weatherby. Like MachIV said they also talked about it being ideal for anything up to and including elk. I have an uncle that is a one gun kinda guy and he has a 25-06.
Patocazador
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I was with a guy in Wyoming who killed a cow moose with a .25-06 and a 117 gr. bullet.
Great "beanfield" gun (after a .280 improved) in my opinion.
Great "beanfield" gun (after a .280 improved) in my opinion.
CoRoMo
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It reloads like any other fine rifle cartridge does.
adelbridge
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even better, you can use .270 or '06 brass if you reload.
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