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25-06 for deer question
Posted on 7/29/14 at 8:31 am
Posted on 7/29/14 at 8:31 am
On a scale of 243-270 how reliable is the 25-06 for deer hunting? Wife got me one for christmas last year. I have several other guns to deer hunt with so its not an issue. But i was wondering how reliable it is and range of it. I have sighted it in at 100 but wanted to know what to expect out of it from thise that have used one? Also ammo/grain that would be best. Again, i dont have to use it for deer.. i have other guns, just wondering. Thanks
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Posted on 7/29/14 at 8:37 am to oleyeller
Where my dad hunts in Canada, all the locals use is 25-05. And they take loooong shots at really large deer. I have no clue what loads they use, but they pretty much all shoot 25-06. I would think that if they are stretching the barrel on the mules up there, it would be more than enough for anything you want to do down here.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 8:42 am to oleyeller
I use ours randomly sometimes. It will destroy the frick out of what ever it hits. I am not big in to ballistics at all, so I have no clue on anything else.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 8:46 am to crankbait
I killed a 265 lbs Free Range Axis Buck in Texas with my buddy's 25-06 at 150 yards. It ran like 30 feet and crashed. Its a fast arse, flat shooting bullet, with a muzzle flash you can see for miles that will lay the wood. He shoots 120 or 130 grain coreloks. Very accurate as well.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 8:47 am to oleyeller
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25-06 for deer
For a strictly whitetail round, I consider it one of the best calibers.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 8:48 am to oleyeller
I have only hunted with my 25.06 for the last 10+ years and have had great success with it. I shoot117 grain SST. Mine is sighted for 200 yards and have shot well beyond that and killed.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 8:50 am to The Last Coco
awesome!!! 
Thanks guys, what i wanted to hear! I am new to the round and saw 120 grain ammo and im used to shooting 14-150grain for deer so just wasnt sure how it was. Sounds like it will work just fine!
Thanks guys, what i wanted to hear! I am new to the round and saw 120 grain ammo and im used to shooting 14-150grain for deer so just wasnt sure how it was. Sounds like it will work just fine!Posted on 7/29/14 at 8:51 am to oleyeller
Great round for deer hunting. In the mountains here, though, we don't get a lot of long shots at deer like yall do in the flatlands. But it will put a deer down. It's also a great round for groundhogs. I hate those things.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 8:52 am to oleyeller
My buddy swears by his and he has killed a ridiculous amount of deer.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 9:04 am to oleyeller
I think the premise is a smaller and thus faster .25 caliber bullet in a 30-06 case with all the powder behind it. So it shoots longer, flatter, and faster...
Posted on 7/29/14 at 9:22 am to Clyde Tipton
I had one and was not at all impressed with the 117gr SSTs.
Sweet caliber that shot well and kicked soft. Very poor performance from the SST's though. Almost never exited.
Sweet caliber that shot well and kicked soft. Very poor performance from the SST's though. Almost never exited.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 9:25 am to Clyde Tipton
I started hunting with one last year after shooting a friend of mines. They are fast and flat. Killed 3 deer and a hog with it. Mine is a low end marlin, paid $200 for it with a $149 redfield scope. Been shooting 100 grain core lockt out of it.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 9:42 am to hugo
mine is low end also, save axis with nikon prostaff
Posted on 7/29/14 at 9:42 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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I had one and was not at all impressed with the 117gr SSTs. Sweet caliber that shot well and kicked soft. Very poor performance from the SST's though. Almost never exited.
i hate hornady ammo and will never use again
Posted on 7/29/14 at 9:55 am to oleyeller
I reccomend HSM Trophy Gold ammo.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:00 am to oleyeller
I really love the trigger on the marlin, I think its an xl or xl7 model. I bought it because I wanted something lightweight to pack around. Only negative is the magazine is non detachable.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:12 am to hugo
man i got an xl7 in 7mm-08, all the reviews were awesome.. put a zeiss on it... and for the life of me i could not get groups at 100yds better than 2-3"! i changed mounts, changed ammo several times, shot out of a vice.. i said screw it and sold it! haha but the trigger was nice and all reviews were good. I just got a bad product
Posted on 7/29/14 at 5:50 pm to oleyeller
25/06 great caliber for whitetail. I would own one but I'm holding out for a .257 wheatherby mag.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:12 pm to oleyeller
Never owned one personally but a buddy did and lost several deer for no blood trail. We'd find them a few days later and not went very far from where he shot them
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:29 pm to oleyeller
my cousin hunts/lives on property adjacent to tensaw wma, THE land of big La bucks and uses this round w/o a problem
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