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The more I use this .25-06, the more I like it. Somewhere along the line I got into the "more recoil is better" frame of mind, and used mostly magnums for my hunting... Then... I decided that I really was, primarily, an open country mule deer hunter. Went through a couple of .25-06 rifles, fell hard for the cartridge. Ended up with a Rem 700 CDL, shortly after they were introduced. Rockchuck. Coyote. Mule deer. Everything falls over when hit, might twitch a time or two, then it's over. No recoil. Mild report. Good accuracy. Flat shooting and extremely lethal.

Was out scouting for mule deer today and zapped another coyote. Got me to thinking about how much I like this rifle. It rapidly became my favorite!







Who needs recoil?

In resent years I�ve grown quite fond of the .25�s. I have two, a .257 Roberts and a .25-06.
I have yet to figure out what .25-06 can do that a .257 Roberts can�t do.

You may well be right on that one... No argument from me!

25's are wicked good.

are they more finicky to load accurate loads for???

im loving my .25

wish I would have added one a long time ago.

Thanks Dober!!

No they are not.

Yes, I would avoid them.

[bleep], Scott, you are being difficult tonight. As if we didn't know you were being facetious...Didn't get laid lately? the move must be making you more contentious than normal.

Fool that I am, I sold my Ruger 77V in a short-pockets moment. One shot kills on about 25 caribou- and if I'd waited 30 seconds, that first one would have fallen down as well....

I'm not difficult. I know the dudes I hang with don't spend 87 hours a day talking politics.

And nope on getting laid, but I'll be Soldotna soon..........

Never had a 25 be any more trouble to make shoot than anything else. To many other factors in the mix than to point at bullet diameter for not shooting.

Guy,

Got any pictures of the exit on that prairie pup?

I still have my 25/06, but a 257 BYOB is getting shot in its place.

I do have some 110 AB's that the Bob hates; might fling from the 25/06 at pork, or not...

Glad you like the 25; it works.

Running 100's at everything?

Glad you are having fun with your .25-06. I have a soft spot for .25's as well. I've been discussing a .25-06 Ackley lately, just for the extra uumph over the two Bobs in the safe. I bought one for my son when he was old enough to hunt deer, and just got in a Kimber Montana in the Bob. If I can get my wife to turn loose of her .243, we'll be .25 all around.

I've not had a chance to kill anything with my 25-06 but I love shootin it. As far as loading for it the first two bullets I tried shot great so load work up done. Can't say enough good about mine.

Yep, the 25-06 is a neat little round! I like the package you have it wrapped-up in too! The CDLs and the old Tis are about the only R700s I like.

The first hunting rifle actually originally made for commercial sale was a Ruger 77 25-06. The rifle still lives in my gun cabinet. It likes the 100 grain partition very well. The only thing I don't like about the cartridge is a tendency for meat damage above and beyond the call of duty.

No .25-06 in my safe but not because I didn't want one. Was literally leaving a gun show after selling a shot-out .22-250 to go buy a .25-06 when I bumped into a guy trying to sell a like-new slide-safety Ruger in .257 Roberts. There weren't even any scrtches in the bluing under the slide. A Leupold M8 4x was in the rings and we came to an agreement at $400 for the pair. since I had just purchased a similar scope for $100 a couple months before I figured I got the rifle for $300.

It has since become my favorite rifle and has accounted for several song dogs at over 480 yards. My loads us Winchester +P brass and it flngs 75g V-MAX at over 3500fps. Barnes 110g TSX are wicked accurate at 3013fps, Swift 120g A-Frames 100fps slower. It likes 110g AccuBonds, too.

No real need for a .25-06 these days, the Bob has that area covered -not quite a .25-06 but more than good enough for what I want. If the Bob can't do it there is always the 7mm RM or .300 WM...

Congrats, Guy - the .25-06 is one of the great ones.

I'm shooting the 100g Speer BT in my Rem at 3475 fps, and at 300 yards it shoots 1 1/2" groups, hits real hard at 400 yards.

I am not well versed in small caliber cartridges, what do I get from the .25-06 that I dont get from a .243?

Also I am not trying to start a caliber war, but is the 25-06 a "better" performer on deer than a .243? I have never truly been comfortable with the .243 round, but I would like to get a smaller caliber deer rifle. Opinions?

Have both. In my opinion the 25-06 is the better deer cartridge, but tens of thousands of deer are killed cleanly each year, with the 243. Same old story: Good bullet, good shot placement, dead deer.

Been loading for and shooting a 25-06 of some sort, for well over 30 years. Will never be without one and am now back to two of 'em again. Have probably killed more deer with that cartridge, than any of the several others I've used.