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LR may not be a large consideration for the use of this particular rifle, but bullets don't change fast enough when there are none, and you'd have to be a fool to recommend that a guy chamber a LR rifle in a cartridge for which there are no good LR bullets available. Just sayin'.

well said. Can't disagree with that.

But the OP has a 25/06 and it serves him well. Not aimed at you, but the OP has a 25/06 and it works well enough that he wants another. Why recommend something else, just because LR bullets are available?

'fan1,

You are talking out your azz...though that is hardly anything "new". Groovin' on how 700's chambered in 243Win is "rare" and how the .257" 115gr NBT with it's pedestrian .453 BC is gonna outpace a SAAMI 243Win,whistlin' vastly superior BC values at like speed. That's purty [bleep] funny!

For starters,the .243" 105 'Max is on the average 1.235" in length,though the .257" 115 NBT is but 1.200". Though on the "bright side" the 115 NBT do have a schit load more bearing surface and a much lesser profile,should that cheer you up.





Then there's the fact,that the 105 costs less too...but hey,the 25-06 burns a bunch more powder to be a distant second place and you've got that going for you. 'Course there's the fact that a 700 will kiss 'em and that COAL will nestle mag confines to boot. You'll have to pardon my being afforded the luxury of not being forced to guess,while you play with your Imagination and practice your Pretend. Here's hopin' you keep doing so aloud,because it is funnier than [bleep]!

A leetle more extrapolation,to fuel your Imagination and to perhaps pry some more pearls of "wisdom" from your pie hole. Boolits matter far more than headstamps. Hint.



Where do you amazingly dumb [bleep] come from?!!? Texas? Here's to the inherent humor,of your being forced to use you,as a barometer of "evaluation".

Laffin'!

Boxer,

Run the data on a 105 Amax at 3000fps/.500 vs a 115bst at 3100/.453. You'll see it confirms my previous statement that the 115 BST out paces the 105 Amax. It's not until appx 700 yds(beyond which most would shoot at game) that the 105 Amax match bullet begins to equal the 115 gr BST hunting bullet.

The numbers don't lie.

Boxer,

Run the data on a 105 Amax at 3000fps/.500 vs a 115bst at 3100/.453. You'll see it confirms my previous statement that the 115 BST out paces the 105 Amax. It's not until appx 700 yds(beyond which most would shoot at game) that the 105 Amax match bullet begins to equal the 115 gr BST hunting bullet.

The numbers don't lie.

If going with a 25-06, please use something other than B-Tips.

Jeffbird - I wonder if he was using the Varmint Ballistic Tips rather than the much stronger hunting Ballistic Tips?

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WF1, your sig shows Texas Hill Country. A 243 will handle any deer here comfortably. Shot placement is paramount. I hunt in South Texas mostly now, and women and kids consistently drop bucks and pigs weighing up to 250 with 243's using really low quality Core-Lokt's and similar.

A couple of years ago, I helped with a group on an another ranch in South Texas. One guy used a 25-06 with B-Tips out of a 25-06. The results were a mess chasing wounded game all weekend. His placement was good, but the bullet would not penetrate. The wounds looked like scoops of ice cream scooped out of the flesh. He retired that rifle and the next year came back with a 308 and Amaxes. DRT everytime since.

Just personal direct observations to consider, that does not show up in columns of numbers.

If going with a 25-06, please use something other than B-Tips.

Jeff,

My experience has been quite the opposite, as have my friends and son. I have used the 115 gr BST in both my 25-06 and 257 Weatherby with great success on Central and South Texas bucks. All have fallen right where they stood. Maybe your guy was using the varmint version of the BT.

Here's a few pics of a recovered 115 BST from an 8 point buck I shot back in November.
Recovered weight was 58.5 gr. Buck was DRT.