.25-06 question
I have been deer hunting my entire life mostly in my home state of Iowa where it is bow, black powder and slug guns only. So while I know how I hunt deer I know nothing about rifles. I have a good deal I could get on a .25-06. Just wondering your thoughts on that caliber for deer. Is that plenty big enough? And what kind of range can you expect? Any help would be great.
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will lay out a deer no problem. Buddy use to shoot his out to 500 yards and had no problems taking deer out at that range.
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It's plenty big enough, I've killed a few hundred with a .243...
Excellent whitetail round...The only disadvantage I can think of is cost of ammo simply because it is not as popular as other rounds... |
First "long range" rifle I ever owned was a Remington 700 in 25.06 Rem. I had no issues with killing deer sized game cleanly. I was hunting a lot in western Alabama back then ... over and around the soy bean fields that were once wide spread across that area of the state. Shots in the 250-300-350 yard range were not uncommon. I used a hand load which incorporated a Nosler Partition bullet. You can certainly load up (or buy factory loads) blistering fps loads with the lighter weight bullets, but I would not suggest going below 100 gr. for deer sized game.
I sold that rifle many years ago and have regretted doing so many times! |
Flat, hard hitting and bang flop. One of the best for deer.
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Thanks for the help guys. I think I'm gonna go ahead and buy this one.
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I dont understand why its not a more popular gun. the only deer gun ive shot that outshot it was a .270
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25 06 rules best deer gun ever :)
One of the best calibers going just cant figure why it is not more popular? |
Originally Posted by Treebeard
(Post 3987058)
25 06 rules best deer gun ever :)
One of the best calibers going just cant figure why it is not more popular? |
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