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Samo you guys getting snow this weekend.
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I had a 25-06 ackley built with a Hart barrel in a 5.5 contour for antelope and deer years ago. The 100 grain Hornady softpoints really scramble up the lungs and you don't have to chase them.And that is a flat shooter for sure. I killed deer and antelope fireforming brass and sure do love that round. I just worked up a load for the 115 Berger VLD hunting bullet .Remember to try that bullet when you get that 25-06.
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Funnier than fhuqk,how DUMB Fhuqk's fixate FLUFF and get giddy about everything that does NOT make a fhuqking schit!
The 25-06,is no different than any other .257" chambering and simply fhuqking sucks,due it's projectiles. Bullets ALWAYS matter farrrrrrrrrr more than headstamps. Hint.
Nice to see "overbore" too. Laughing!
EVERY .257" bullet thus far cited,is a whopping turd and a Plain Jane Vanilla 243Win 700 or RAR with a 22" spout,will bitch slap it into next fhuqking week.
.257" 100TSX at 3350fps? Big Fhuqking Deal.
Assumin' 1.75" sight height(6x MQ in the saddle) and a 250yd zero. That bullet drops 13.4" at 400yds,drifts even more than that in a 10mph full value at 14.6" and arrives the scene at 2221fps. 600yds is 57.4" drop,36.7" drift and 1753fps. 1000yds is 313" drop,129" drift and 1101fps.
A "lowly" 22" 700 243Win will squirt a 105 Hornie HPBT at 3050fps and when zero'd same,do the followin'. Drifts CONSIDERABLY less at 3.7"(think percentages) and arrives the 250yd line only 14 fhuqking fps slower. At 400yds it drops less than halfa fhuqking inch more,drifts but 9.8" and arrives better than 125fps faster. Down at the 600yd line,it drops 2.5" less,drifts over a foot less at 23.6" and arrives better than 275fps faster at 2032fps. The 1000yd line do the Quarterbore's ZERO fhuqking favors,as the ittty-bitty 243Win Factory Rifle drops over 5 FEET less at 251" and drifts 4 FEET less at 76.2" and "only" arrives the scene 388fps faster.
The rifle is better balanced,better handling,lesser weight,lesser length,recoils less,is cheaper to shoot,not as loud and will reliably out-Agg same too...if only for fhuqking starters. Hint.
The AB's,NPT's,Speer and Hornie dogschit thus far "espoused" in .257",only paints a more grim extrapolation and muchly sweetens the 243Win's gross advantages,even further. Re-hint.
'Course I may or may not shoot a herd of 8" and faster twist 6mm's too and prolly have seen a .257" bore size or two to boot. Re-re-hint.
VERY much enjoyed the 650yd+ 25-06 "advantages" ala 120gr Speer SPBT. FUNNY schit!
Zero'd as above,that bullet drops more at 650yds(5-inches),drifts more(7-inches),arrives the scene 166fps slower and arrives with 40 ft lbs LESS "energy" for Drooling Dumbfhuqks who factor Fluff.
As an aside...I'm fairly certain a Vanilla 243Win SALAMI will murder schit just fine,inside the 650yd line too. 'Nother hint. Hint.
The only stupid fhuqking thing for Dumbfhuqks left to say,is to use a long barrel.
Oopsie...too fhuqking late!!
Laughing!
People crack me the fhuqk up and it ain't ever been tough to cypher who shoots and who don't.
Hint.
Though in "fairness" I "only" shoot 270,6BR,XC,243,243AI,6mmRem,6mmRemAI,6-284,6-06 and 6-06AI. As Quarterbores go,"only" Bob,Better Bob,25-284,25-06,25-06AI and 257Wby.
The 25's simply cain't hang with the 243's,due boolits.
You've been led to water and have been missing it ALL.
HINT.
Thank me later................... Were you drunk when you wrote this? HINT BURRRRRRRP!
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It's sad that Larry has fallen this low. There was a time on the 'fire that he was a valued participant and could actually carry on a civil, adult discourse.
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Big stick, happy new year.
You ever walk past a roller coaster and think "you could too" if only you were taller than that damn red line?
You ever meet a can of spray paint you didn't like?
Now I see where your anger comes from, classic case of LMS. Never the less, I do enjoy your posts. If for nothing else the shear entertainment value!
Keep up the good work little buddy.
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Once upon a time it was king of flat shooting......and guess what It still shoots as flat as it ever did.....
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Excellent point I still love mine
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Always worked for me...and still does!
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I was surprised to see this thread had been resurrected. The new Howa 25-06 is still in search of a best load, I'm mildly disappointed that it seems to like lighter bullets better. So far the lighter and faster the bullet the better the groups. It hasn't done much under an inch for 3 shots yet but is still probably only around 100 rounds into load development. The old 90 grain bullets are better than the 100's and those were better than the115's - I'll try some 80 grain Barnes TTSX this weekend. An 80 grain mono going 3500+ should be fine for antelope and deer and should be good for coyotes at long distance.
Nothing has been killed with it yet but I'll see if a coyote can be coaxed in during daylight hours sometime this Summer, if not some poor bunny is likely to be the test subject. I know a few guys who say the 25-06 is the most accurate rifle they own, so far this one isn't in the top 5 but there is still work to do.
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Ive had 2 remington 700 2506s with 24 in barrels. Both were very accurate, but one liked very hot loads, the other liked mild loads. At the time I didn't have a 243 but I did have a 270, so i sold the one that liked hot loads and kept the one that liked mild loads. It still shot the 115 gr noisier partition at 3000 which killed any deer like lightening had struck. I also found that imr 4064 powder turned this gun into a 257 roberts with extreme accuracy. Hot loads are hard on the bore so I used it with 4064 because the loads were easy on the bore, and it became my walkabout varmint rifle with 100 gr hornadys at 3000. (which I can no longer find). By the way, I found it much more reliable on deer with 120 gr bullets than the 243 with 100 gr. Hope at least some of this helps
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