.25-06 question
10-03-2012, 11:51 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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Location: Iowa
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.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.
10-04-2012, 06:52 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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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!
I sold that rifle many years ago and have regretted doing so many times!
10-04-2012, 06:54 PM
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Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Pennsylvania
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probably cause there are already so many calibers that can do the same thing, or close to it. I've been interested in it but already have a .223, .270, and 7mm rem mag so i see no use for it in my arsenal. But hey, you can never have to many guns! might just have to make room for one more...
