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I only hunt deer with mine and it works great with 110 gr Accubonds.

What???? I didn't say it. I was thinking it....but I didn't say it.

Love the 100grs out of my Howa.

Here's some .25-06 kills:

125 yards, 100 gr Barnes TSX:


25 yard buck, 100 gr Barnes TSX:


The other side of this coyote was badly torn up. 115 Berger at about 160 yards as I recall:


115 gr Berger at about 230 yards, the only one that has taken two shots, because I spined it, looking down from above on the first shot:


It's a good cartridge for an open country deer hunter. I was surprised when several guys told me they happily used their .25-06 rifles on elk.

The majority of 25-06 owners love 'em.. And it's an especially well-suited round for an AI..

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Any questions?

Those 700 CDL's sure are good looking rifles!

GuyM, nice rifle!!! The local emporium had the same rifle on the wall, NIB, a special order from someone who then passed on it. It languished on the wall. The proprietor sold it to me for $630. I still have not scoped it. It has the new Remington trigger. My concern is that it will be so effective on game in Virginia that I will have no need for anything else... I have acquired the Talley ltwt rings... just pondering which scope... I am thinking of shooting 120 grain Nosler Partitions and 120 grain Swift A-frames on everything... which for me would be white tails, perhaps a black bear, perhaps a hog, perhaps a coyote... I believe I will settle on a Leupold 6x36.

Mine is the 6x42, it works well. I have an older 6x36 on a .30-06 that my son has really enjoyed hunting with the past couple of years.

Yeah, I had to make an effort to dust off some other hunting rifles and use them after picking up the .25-06 700 CDL...

Thanks for the compliments guys, it's been a good rifle.

Prairie Dog Shooter - you really do hunt everything with yours! Cool.

GuyM, what sling is that you are using? I am thinking of using a black Uncle Mike's mountain sling... but am open-minded.

It's a Turner sling, widely used by competitors in NRA Highpower match shooting:

http://turnersling.com/

I consider it a very important part of my rifle for accurate shooting.

Regards, Guy

I am guessing the National Match Service Rifle All Weather Synthetic Biothane Sling in Olive Drab?

Interesting...

Mine is just an ol' beat up leather one. Got it about 15 years ago and move it from rifle to rifle occasionally, including shooting some matches using it. I'm a sling shooter nut case, no doubt.

Having spent 20 years in the Army you would think I would know how to use a bloody military sling, but in my defense I was a tanker and not infantry. Thanks GuyM for the recommendation...

Curious though, wouldn't slinging up and pulling it in tight disturb my zero, what with the torque it puts on my CDL stock?

25-06 is perfect for deer and hogs. I shoot nothing but 100grn TSX's anymore.

Not if you zero it using the sling...

But yeah, the CDL stock is thin, and a little flexy. I keep that in mind when shooting the CDL for sure and don't apply as much sling tension to that particular rifle . Two other rifles of mine, a .308 and a .300 WSM have much sturdier, thicker stocks that don't flex much. They work out better with the sling.

I was USMC, they pretty well beat sling use into us, and it took with me. Some tankers explained to me that they called us grunts "crunchies" which puzzled me until they told me it's from the popping sounds of helmets under the tank treads. Danged tankers anyway...

Guy

GuyM, thanks, I would think that a laminated stock, like the LSS, would be much more rigid with the sling?... and I am looking for an excuse to pick up an LSS...

Well there's your excuse - and PM sent on sling use.

Now, back to our .25-06 thread...

GuyM, I ran into Marines in Somalia... they used to freak me out the way they wrapped themselves up from head to toe in their ponchos, like mummies, and slept in the dirt... first time I saw a row of them it made me think of a bunch of body bags... Our infantry grunts are a little more civilized -- they would at least use a pad and perhaps a makeshift pillow...

Anyway, these leathernecks were artillerymen, and sleeping on the beach, and eating MREs all day long. We invited them to use our chow hall which was an outdoor affair with a couple MKT set up and an E7 cook who was a trading fiend -- this guy could get anything... the Marines ate us out of house and home, and referred to us as "Army Dogs"...

I never fully appreciated Armor until I saw a tank pull up to a line of frozen grunts at Hohenfels... when the TC opened his hatch, you could see the waves of heat pour up and out into the frozen air... the grunts were jealous beyond belief...

and yes, we sing songs about "crunch! crunch! crunch! goes the sound, grunts in my sprocket going round and round..."

Sorry for the thread hijack, lads!! Back to the 25-06 discussion...

Anyone shooting an A-frame bullet by any chance?