.25-06 under rated?

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11-28-2006, 02:35 PM

#21

Garminator

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Join Date: Mar 2005

Location: Florida

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RE: .25-06 under rated?

Recently my buddy (shoots a 270 win) went hunting in sw Texas and he said that the boys down there swear by the 25-06. Never shot one but only heard good things about it.

11-28-2006, 02:37 PM

#22

buck_hunter14

Join Date: Oct 2006

Location: Bergman, Arkansas

Posts: 252

RE: .25-06 under rated?

my dad has a nice 25-06 and killed many!!!! deer!

11-28-2006, 03:30 PM

#23

BillyMack

Join Date: Oct 2006

Location: Elkin, N.C.

Posts: 811

RE: .25-06 under rated?

I was actually looking for a 25-06 when I got my 270 last year. My "gun guy" didn't have any in at the time so..... It came highly recommended from my cousin who is kinda a gun freak. Yeah, he has the $$ for the toys. [:@]

I still would like to have one though.

BTW, BOTH of the deer I've shot this year w/ my 270 have went 40 yds MAX after impact. That's w/ a 130 grn Hornady. I'm sure the 25-06 will give VERY similar results.

11-28-2006, 03:51 PM

#24

Todd1700

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Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: Pine Hill Alabama USA

Posts: 1,280

RE: .25-06 under rated?

I have one in a Tikka and love it. Absolutely hot death on whitetails. I shoot the 117 gr hornady interlock out of mine.

11-28-2006, 05:17 PM

#25

Ed McDonald

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Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: Ontario,NY USA

Posts: 509

RE: .25-06 under rated?

I bought a NEF 25-06 to shoot does with Crop Damage Permits . It does the trick with 130 grain Core-Lokt bullets !

11-28-2006, 07:35 PM

#26

North Texan

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Join Date: Jan 2004

Location: a van down by the river

Posts: 8,939

RE: .25-06 under rated?

The .25-06 is an excellent cartridge. I'd be lost without mine. It shoots nice and flat, bucks wind well, and since I handload, I can load down to 75 gr. v-max bullets (that shoot very fast and very accurately, I might add

), to Accubonds, Partitions, and the likes up to 120 grains.

I would have no problems using my 25-06 on elk-sized game if given the opportunity.

11-28-2006, 07:52 PM

#27

SRBowman

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Join Date: Sep 2006

Location: St. Cloud,Minnesota

Posts: 1,072

RE: .25-06 under rated?

I have a Winchester ADL 25-06 and that is my favorite gun out of the 4 deer rifles I have! Flat shooting,super fast, and pack a good punch without to much damage done to the deer! I recomend it!

11-28-2006, 08:22 PM

#28

tschaef

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Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: Toronto Ontario Canada

Posts: 1,796

RE: .25-06 under rated?

Quote:

why do so many people knock the .25-06?

I'll admit that I haven't read this entire thread, but I'm not sure what the quote above is based on. I joined HuntingNet in 2000 and have only heard good things about the 25-06, I don't think that I have ever read a derogatory statement about the round (except maybe if someone asked if it was a good round for moose). I'd love to try one out, but the only one I have ever seen up here was being put away at sundown by an out of towner so I've never had the plreasure.

11-28-2006, 09:37 PM

#29

kingofspring

Join Date: Aug 2006

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RE: .25-06 under rated?

Who knocks the 25-06? Well, besides the magnum manly crowd who think a whitetail should be missing most of its shoulders to be truly dead?

11-28-2006, 09:39 PM

#30

Chantecler111

Join Date: Nov 2006

Location: NW Arkansas

Posts: 1,673

RE: .25-06 under rated?

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ORIGINAL: kingofspring

Who knocks the 25-06? Well, besides the magnum manly crowd who think a whitetail should be missing most of its shoulders to be truly dead?

Yeah, you have your foot in your mouth.

More magnum stereotypes displayed by uninformed shooters.

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