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Originally Posted by beretzs
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This thread was started 19 years ago.


It's one of the good ones though!

Yuppers! It was fun reading through those old posts. Scotty, you know I'm still a big fan of the 25-06 for mule deer, antelope and coyotes. I've loaded the 100 grain Barnes TSX, the 115 Berger VLD, the 115 Nosler Ballistic Tip and the 110 grain Nosler Accubond. I haven't taken any game with the 110 Accubond yet but my goodness it shoots well! With Retumbo it's giving me 3200 fps and .5" five shot groups at 100 yards from the Remington 24" 1:10 barrel! Best accuracy came from 100 grain Sierras over H4831.

Retumbo has become my powder of choice for the 25-06, but RL-22 and H4831 work great as well. Retumbo is getting me between 3150 and 3200 fps with 115's. Can't push the Ballistic Tips quite as hard as the Partitions and the Bergers. They seem to hit excess pressure earlier. The Berger is really rough on coyotes and deadly on mule deer.

H4350 is excellent with the 100 grain Barnes TSX bullets. The TTSX hadn't been developed when I was using the TSX's. 3350 fps from the TSX's.

Fell hard for the Remington 700 CDL when it first came out. I like the fit and look of the Remington 700 CDL. Mine has a near twin in 30-06 and I've taken most of my game over the past 15 - 20 years with those two rifles. Mule deer from 20 yards - 400 yards. Antelope at modest range, 160ish. Coyotes out to nearly a quarter mile. Light recoil. Easy accuracy. Great results on game.

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At any rate, it's good to see this old thread and read of others experience with the 25-06, it's such a great cartridge.

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Some great pics and stories, thanks.
I have had 4 (IIRC) 25-06, three 700s and one rebarreled model 70. A couple 700s were quite accurate (one was way under 1" with 100 BTs) and oddly enough the rebarreled model 70 (which had a real quality barrel spun on it and properly bedded in a mcmillan stock) would not shoot anything 100 grains or more worth a damn. Gunsmith who built it was absolutely no help figuring it out either so it got sold with full disclosure at a deep discount.
Only shot one buck with a 25-06 and I can tell you a poorly placed 100 ballistic tip at under 100 yards makes a real mess! Doing it again I would stick with heavier bullets or perhaps Barnes TTSX.
I would not mind another 25-06, easy on the shoulder and very flat shooting at any reasonable hunting range. Might build one in a couple years, my "old man" rifle!

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Ya, I was about 20 years younger when I bought my first 25-06, and settled on this Rem 700 CDL in about 2005 I think. Got a pretty good buck with it that year.

It's a great cartridge for us "seasoned shooters" as it is rough on deer and easy on the shooter. A fellow could say that about the 6mm's as well.

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Originally Posted by 338Rules
It would be very interesting to hear DZs & MDs current thoughts on the QuarterBore, in light of the developments of the last Two decades.

Ie powders, bullets, twist, optics , availability, etc.

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Great job digging this one back. Had some great PM’s w Steve quite a while back. Hope he is well.
Not sure of JB’s take on the 25-06….. but I’m sure it will be well thought out.
As for me it’s a fav of my good friend Paul. He has his dads with a custom barrel. His dad built it for a Western goat hunt and it did well. But that thing has piled up the Eastern Whitetails!!! The grandkids use it and the term lightning bolt has been mentioned a time or two. (These are New England distance so no real baring on a longer Western hunt, but darn nice freezer filling every year)
I like the Roberts being from the North East, but respect the 25-06 quite a bit.


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You guys need to quit.

I don't need another rifle!

I don't need another rifle!

I don't need another rifle!


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Yes, you do. My .25-06 is the last rifle that would leave.

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Someone here showed a pic of a beautiful lefty c grade 700 in 25-06. If he ever wants to re-home it.....


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Timm was right on this one.

The 25-06 is an arriving grenade.

Had bigger/better rounds for bigger game........but medium game at long range, worked great.

Only rifle I totally washed out. Blame fellow prairie dog shooting 'pards' that did not know when the mirage was barrel heat, not prairie heat. 87sp Hornady's....85bt's later.....smoking fast. VHA days, great times.

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Originally Posted by WYcoyote
I wonder how much the 100gr BT has changed in the 19 years since this post.

None. It's still my Gold Standard for a .25 bullet performance on game.

In my 250 Ackley and two 25-06's, it's done a great job on white tails, antelope, big mule deer, a couple of black bears and a few elk.

Good shootin' -Al


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Everyone needs at least one 25-06. I like the 115 grain ballistic tips in mine.

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Originally Posted by Al_Nyhus
Originally Posted by WYcoyote
I wonder how much the 100gr BT has changed in the 19 years since this post.

None. It's still my Gold Standard for a .25 bullet performance on game.

In my 250 Ackley and two 25-06's, it's done a great job on white tails, antelope, big mule deer, a couple of black bears and a few elk.

Good shootin' -Al

Great post, Al!

What are your thoughts of pre-Interlock 100gr spire points?

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Originally Posted by PintsofCraft
What are your thoughts of pre-Interlock 100gr spire points?

That's a bullet I've not used on game....sorry.

In Y2K, Steve Timm (dogzapper) suggested the 100 gr. BTips to me. In fact, he sent me a box of his own to try. smile And true to form, Steve's advice was spot on. Since then, it's all I use at the heavy end of the .25 spectrum. It's big brother, the 115 BTip, shoots just as well and performs great on game too. But for me, the 100 BTip gives a better balance of recoil, velocity and drop...while doing just a killer job on game.

Steve's advice remains as sound today as it was when this thread was started. cool

Hope this helps. smile -Al


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So Al are you saying you didn’t hunt with a 25 in pre-1977. That’s when the interlock was introduced. Just didn’t call them that.



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The first .25 I owned was a 700 Sendero 25-06 in '94...first year production of it in the Sendero. -Al


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Bought my first 25.06 in 84. Used primarily Sierra 117 flat base what’s now known as the Pro-Hunter. In 91-92 I switched to 120 grain Hornady that was supposedly designed for the 25.06. It failed biggly.

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Buck at 175 blew up on impact, second shot also blew up on a spine shot and wasn’t recovered. Last Hornady bullet I ever shot a deer with. Still got that box of bullets. The 115 BT was erratic on performance so went back to pro-hunter.



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If you were building a .25-06 now, as opposed to already owning one, you'd be better off using a Remington short action with an extended box, using 6.5 PRC cases necked down to .257, putting a 7 twist 24 inch barrel on it and using the high bc bullets in 95 grain (Badlands), 110 grain (Badlands), 133 grain (Berger) or 134 grain (Hornady) or the lower bc Hammer bullets.

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My experience with a 25-06 is so thin you could read a newspaper through it. I found a Ruger #1 at a gun show that looked a bit rough. Basically I was interested in the barreled action with the plan of having the barrel rebored and chambered to 35 Whelen. Having never shot a 25-06, I bought a box of ammo with 100 gr. bullets. Don't even remember what brand but the ugly duckling shot very tight groups some less than half inch. Guess I shouldn't have shot the donor. About 6 month later I found two more Ruger #1s, another 25-06 and a 7MM Rem. Mag., both with very very nice wood. I managed to get both for a decent price and again bought some ammo and dies to reload for both, Well the purty one does not shoot worth spit and the 7 Mag. is useable but only fair. 1.25" to 1.75". I just copied accuracy loads from the Sierra manual but neither rifles liked the load. They've been sitting in the safe ever since.Oh well.
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Originally Posted by Al_Nyhus
Originally Posted by PintsofCraft
What are your thoughts of pre-Interlock 100gr spire points?

That's a bullet I've not used on game....sorry.

In Y2K, Steve Timm (dogzapper) suggested the 100 gr. BTips to me. In fact, he sent me a box of his own to try. smile And true to form, Steve's advice was spot on. Since then, it's all I use at the heavy end of the .25 spectrum. It's big brother, the 115 BTip, shoots just as well and performs great on game too. But for me, the 100 BTip gives a better balance of recoil, velocity and drop...while doing just a killer job on game.

Steve's advice remains as sound today as it was when this thread was started. cool

Hope this helps. smile -Al
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[quote=PintsofCraft] What are your thoughts of pre-Interlock 100gr spire points?


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Originally Posted by Akbob5
There’s one guy I sure do miss! If Steve said it, you could take the accuracy of the statement as well as the experience base behind it. And an amazing human being as well.
Always liked his articles, enjoyed his posts here. Definitely a BTDT guy. PM'd him on several occasions. Always got good responses. A very likeable guy. Wish I knew how to get hold of him. He and his wife were having some health problems.



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I have two 25-06's, the best loads I've tried in each are with 100 grain Interlocks. I'll be switching as soon as these bullets run out. The ADL is old, the blueing is worn off to the most part and so is the finish on the stock. It is my pronghorn go to rifle/load

25-06, Remington, early 700 ADL, 100 grain Hornady Interlock, 9 ½, 56.7 grains H4831sc, 0.74 MOA
25-06,Remington, 700 Classic, 100 grain Hornady Interlock, 9 ½, 56.7 grains H4831sc, 0.88 MOA


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