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Nice shootin, 7. Though I'm not a 25-06 fan(no logical reason?) I could like a 257 Roy with that same bullet. 😎

I respect the 257 Roy. I just wanted something that didn't have magnum attached to it. Truth be told I'd love a 25 284 for hunting.

.25-06 One of my three favorites.. Had several 257 Wea.. Quite a cartridge.. Still have a barrel for one.. Might find an action if I look hard.. But I do prefer the 25/06.. All I want to do with a .25 I can do with it !!

It is one of my three favorites also.

With a 260, 6.5x55 and 270 in the house it probably won't happen but I still think it is one of the very best deer guns you can get plus as you have shown it can handle bigger stuff too. A 115 or 120 gr Partition at 25-06 speeds is a great load to have, guys seem to love the 115 gr Ballistic Tip too for deer.

At three score years plus the 25-06 does about 90% of what a rifle needs to do for me. The 375 H&H takes care of the remaining 10%. I won't get rid of the others but if I was a complete pragmatist those two could handle it all. Okay maybe a fast 22, a rim-fire, and a shotgun or three but that's it, maybe.

I happen to have 400 of the 120gr hp Hornadys all from the same lot... I have a small number from a fifth box that I have used in several other rifles. I am a very fond of the 80gr TTSX and am building a 25-284 for that bullet. Would be willing to trade straight across for them as one unit...
art

I think the Jack Carter Bear Claws were as good as the Partition, and I like the Partition a lot. Just my opinion. Pretty much the same design. It kinda combined the Barnes and partition bullet.

I used exclusively for many years the older bonded Carter Bear Claw 30 CAL 200gr from my 300 Win mag. Extremely lethal on large game. Very effective bullets if your rifle liked them.

I wonder why no one has ever made a 130-class bullet for the 25s? It seems like that would give it a lot better favor in the longer-range crowd.

I have a Ruger No. 1AH in 25-06. When I first got that rifle I tried to build a load with the trophy bonded bear claws and couldn't get 'em to shoot...at all...

I use the Hornady 120 interlocks for plinking and load the 120 NP for business. Dang those interlocks are accurate!

Todd

The largest bodied bull elk that I’ve ever seen was taken by a 25-06. One shot, just behind the shoulder, complete pass-through, elk went, maybe 60 yrds. Of course....it was a Barnes X! memtb

I bet the interlocks would have worked about as well on game as the PT’s.

You could very well be right. The Hornady Interlock is a excellent game bullet.

Those look interesting. They better be good at that price! I wonder what twist that you would have to have to stabilize that 173-grain .264?

I have wanted a 25-06 since about 1960 and never, even with 150+ rifles collected, traded, sold, etc. ever got one. I am now selling my remaining guns, except a very few and have sold 2 of my 3 P-64-70.Fwts, my fine P-64-.375H&H, a mate to the .300 H&H I still have and my cherry P-64 Fwt. 30-06, all in highend synthetics.

I have even joined the gun collectors of BC group to show/sell at their shows and am cleaning out parts, etc. as I can due to age and old injuries. However, I have a HVA 4100, steel BM, Wisner, Brown original Kevlar stock and it can use a replacement for it's 7mm tube.

I am considering having it barreled to .25-06 and maybe with a Kimber Montana tube one of my smiths has on hand. Could match my beloved light HVA .280Rem with it's skinny Krieger tube and excellent accuracy and give me a neat .25-06 without spending even more of my over-taxed pensions on a gun I really do not need......

115 Npts, would be my first choice in bullets and I have lots of RE-26 and Magpro, but, about out of the 30 lbs of RE-22 I bought in 1991. So, should work as well in a 25-06 as in my KMA 280AI and three other .280 Rems.

Does "rifle addiction" EVER stop?

I would guess those are Canadian prices so that would help you with your dollar being worth more than ours. I haven't tried any of them yet but would like to try the 160 gr in my 270 Win and whatever they come up with in 358. That 173 gr 6.5 mm would likely be way too long for our 1 in 8 260 and 6.5x55, I wonder if a 1 in 7 would stabilise it?

I agree completely, but I have about 500 .25 NPT's to use up! Heck, I'll probably start plinking with them too!

SNAP - if you do get a 25-06 rifle, I think you're going to enjoy the heck out of it!

BigSkyGuy - ya those 115 Nosler Partitions are amazingly accurate. I bought a bunch of 'em a few years ago on sale... Need to start using more of them. I've gotten all crazy for the blue-tip 115 gr Nosler Ballistic Tips from my 25-06 over the past few years. Dang they work well.

Guy