25/06 what does it do best?

Every deer I have ever shot has been with a 25-06, from small whitetail to big mules. They drop damn hard.

Though not optimal I wouldn't have any concerns over shooting a moose, elk or blackie. Anything smaller than deer is fair game as well, though even with 90grn bullets I still had a hard time not wrecking coyotes.
 
I've seen it at work at a wonderful site at 298 yards. Hungry as hell, and meat down, instant one shot kill, didn't go anywhere! A drop dead kill! It's a good one, for sure!
 
I have to put in a plug for Guntech.

As I posted earlier in this thread I mailed my 28" stainless T/C Prohunter barrel in 25-06 to Guntech on Friday afternoon Jan 2/15 I had him shorten that freaking long gangly barrel to 24".

I have to say once again that I am totally amazed at the turn around time Guntech does.

The barrel was sitting at my front door when I arrived home from work tonight Jan 8/15 thats a total of 4 full business days from when it left my hands to when I got it back.

I just put the rifle back together can hardly wait to get to the gun club to check out my new 90gr Blitzking loads.

Plan is to use this combo for 400 yard + coyotes & deer.
 
Love mine, it's comfortable enough that I hit where I aim. What it does best is builds confidence
 
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I own a browning bar in 25-06... Low recoil .... And kills out to 450 yards...I reload my own shells ...barns tsx the damage it does to deer is unbelievable....shot placement is everything ...I have to admit I was Leary on it but after 4 months of load development the frigging thing is pin point precise ... At 100 meters with my load I'm shooting just under 1/2 groups... And it's a semi!!!!!! Cheap to reload !!!!no recoil all components are very easy to get ..... ..magnums destroy meat ..etc...etc!!!...kick ...hard on walet too...and on barrels too.......I love my 25!!!!.....only problem is my girlfriend love that gun!!!and want to shoot it all the time!!....and she said it's her now?????.........
 
Look at all the details of the gun .... How it's made ....twist...etc...etc....
If you buy top quality you will never regret it!!! Buy the cheap #### ...and the problems that will start !!! ...know your gun and ammo and stay in your limits!!!!.....don't attempt stupid things !!! Just my 25 cents...lol
 
davide montini said:
I own a browning bar in 25-06... Low recoil .... And kills out to 450 yards......
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Have the same, mine has turned out to be far more accurate than I expected.. Happily so :)

davide montini said:
I reload my own shells ...barns tsx the damage it does to deer is unbelievable...
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I found the damage to be minimal with a very narrow wound channel, leaving dismal blood trails with the Barnes mono bullet...The very reason I shoot partitions and Scirocco bullets... I feel that the TTSX bullet is more suited to bigger cal (338+) and thick skin/heavy boned game...
 
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I have owned both the 300 and the 30-06. I sold the 300's and use the 30-06. I can't think of one situation where a 300 would do the job better.
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Then you have limited experience, or you are not thinking very hard. A .300WM launching a 200 or 220 grain Partition can do many things a .30-06 can't be expected to do.
 
rral22 said:
Then you have limited experience, or you are not thinking very hard. A .300WM launching a 200 or 220 grain Partition can do many things a .30-06 can't be expected to do.
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Let's assume we are hunting Moose. Seeing they are a large game animal.
I will shoot a 30-06 - 180 bullets. You will shoot 300- 200 grain bullets. (same type)
At what distance will the 300 shine over the 30-06, broadside, double lung hit?
I am using a good ethical shot scenario because that's what we would all like.


Jon ;)
 
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guido said:
Let's assume we are hunting Moose. Seeing they are a large game animal.
I will shoot a 30-06 - 180 bullets. You will shoot 300- 200 grain bullets. (same type)
At what distance will the 300 shine over the 30-06, broadside, double lung hit?
I am using a good ethical shot scenario because that's what we would all like.


Jon ;)
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And if you get your "ethical shot scenario" the .30-06 will work for sure. I never said the .06 won't work if you use it properly. No problem.

But if you shoot a 200 grain bullet from a .300 WM at 3000 fps (a chronographed load I can manage with no danger signs from a 24 inch barrel) you get a muzzle energy of 3996 ft/ lbs, a 400 yard drop from a 200 yard zero of just over 19 inches (and a 10.3 inch drop from a 300 yard zero which is quite appropriate if a target as large as moose is the goal) and a retained energy of just under 2300 ft/lbs. No .30-06 can do that.

And if you think there is no difference between a 180 grain bullet from a .30-06 and a 200 grain bullet from that same .300 at less than 200 yards on a moose, you haven't seen enough comparisons. Sometimes, the quartering toward you shot that must go through shoulder muscle and bone is the only one at the time. If faced with that shot at any range under 400 yards, the .300 with a 200 grain bullet will make it perfectly ethical too. Sometimes (actually lots of times) you don't get "what we would all like", and at those times the .300WM will do things to moose you can't do with the .30-06. It is THOSE situations in which the .300 is, in fact, superior to the '06 for large game.
 
guido said:
I have owned both the 300 and the 30-06. I sold the 300's and use the 30-06. I can't think of one situation where a 300 would do the job better.
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Don't mean to be that guy, but some have more hunting experience than others with more calibers taking game.

There is vast difference between the two. I'll put my one ton diesel against your Ford Ranger pulling a trailer... the both can do the job...but one shines more than the other
 
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