re: 25-06 for deer question

That would be a .257wby

I had a 25-06 and I'm not a fan. It doesn't do anything that you can't do with a 7mm-08. Loosing a deer that I shot perfectly at 80 yards didn't help.

It might be a count hair flatter shooting, but it isn't enough to matter unless you're launching light bullets at coyotes or something. Recoil is about the same IMO.

I did kill everything I shot with it along with a 300 pound sow hog, but only one of the 8 bullets I put in a living thing exited. It was a 50 yard neck shot.

I don't think it's a bad caliber, but it's the bare minimum for shooting deer IMNHO.

Not much if a deer hunter and don't know inch more about the .25-06 other than always hearing its a great deer round. I do have a .257 weatherby and that thing is mean when it comes to deer. It will reach out and touch them. I image the .25-06 isn't much different in that regard.

They're a little better than 243, unless they're in the right hands; then they're deadly as 270 without the recoil. Good round.

My take, it's a good round if you are hand load. BUT, if not hand loading, it is not a easy round to just find anywhere.

Hornady 117gr SST

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Hornady 117gr SST

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Sounds like bullet was too fragile. A 25-06 shooting a 120 gr bullet at about 3000 fps should quickly dispatch any typical sized whitetail deer. The challenge is to be sure the bullet is up to the task. When I got ready to buy my first deer hunting rifle, I was torn between the 25-06 and the 270. At the time, I was living in OR so a future elk hunt was a possiblity. I bought the 270 and have never had a 25-06. If I had a 25-06, I'd certainly not feel undergunned using it to deer hunt. I'd have the same qualifications w/ it that I do all my deer guns: a bullet that I can have a reasonable expectation to enter and exit at whatever range I shoot. I'd prob first try a controlled expansion bullet like the 120 gr Nosler Partition or Accubond, but I'd still do a lot of research.