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Apples to apples the best I can -

IMO

You won’t notice any/much difference in a 120gr Partition in your 25-06 vs a 130gr/150gr Partition* in a .270 Win or a 150gr Partition in a 30-06. Up to Elk and yes all those bullets are fine for Elk. With similar shots of course.

I’ve noticed there ‘seems’ to be a difference when someone uses a .30 bullet of 165/180 Partition and definitely a difference when someone uses a .30 200gr Partition. Not sure what it is about that 200gr .30 Partition - it’s pretty great.

If you twisted my arm I’d keep your 25-06 and load it with a premium (Partition, TTSX, LRX, Cutting Edge etc) and hunt everything - but - since you have that ‘06 I’d go straight to loading 180’s or 200’s and then you’d have a very potent combo. Get a optics setup to suit your expected range scenarios and get to killing.


*don’t flame me too hard for lumping the 150gr .277 Partition in with everything else in the paragraph - I fully know that it a great projectile and should probably be grouped in with the 180/200 .30’s. In terms of all around excellence.