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I have a 50th aniversery coming up soon and wife has decided to actually Bless me with a new rifle. I have decided on the rifle manufacturer, action, and barrel length. NOW the question has come down to caliber. I have narrowed it down to these two:
1. 270 Win
2. 25-06
The rifle will be used for southern whitail deer which over the last 10 yrs my 100 = kills have averaged 120-125 lbs pre-field-dressed weight. No Giants I know but Gooooood eating size. Range of kills have been from 45-280 yds. I will be mounting a Zeiss conquest 3-9x40 scope. So scope is no question.

Please stay within these caliber choices. So lets Go Campfire folks help the Ole man out.

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I would go with the 25-06 because it makes a good varmint rifle as well a a good deer rifle. Less recoil than a .270 and shoots flat.
It should be perfect for the size of animal you will be hunting.
I even met a elk hunter who used a 25-06 with Nosler Partitions.
His family has lived in Colorado for several generations.
He told me " If you put the bullet in the right spot, it doesn't matter what rifle caliber you use. If you don't put the bullet in the right spot it doesn't matter what rifle/bullet you use either."
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I have a .270 Win and a .25-06 Rem plus a .257 Roberts.
As I grow older, I'm liking the .25's more and more.

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Can't argue with the above. To be frank the deer will not notice the difference. I would ask what else do you ever seeing yourself using this rifle for? Bigger .270 smaller 25-06. With Elk becoming more prevalent east of the Mississippi the .270 might be tempting as it is the min. legal caliber in my home state of KY for example. However you like to blast coyotes and groundhogs and wouldn't shoot an elk on a bet then the 25-06 might be best. Both are great rifles.

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The 25-06 is just a .270 that took a week of from working out.

Ask Dober if you don't believe me. grin

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They are so nearly the same in their performance on deer that I doubt you'd ever notice a difference in 50 years of hunting with both.

If factory ammo availability is a concern, go with the .270. If not, save your shoulder a tiny bit and go with the .25-06.


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You have a GOOD woman there...no sence in getting rid of her now wink

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If using factory ammo there seems to be more choices available in the .270 classic.

I had a 25-06 that was a death ray on southern size deer using a 120 Hornady hollow point interlock.

I think recoil is so mild in either it is practically a non issue.

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Originally Posted by StrayDog
If using factory ammo there seems to be more choices available in the .270 classic.

I had a 25-06 that was a death ray on southern size deer using a 120 Hornady hollow point interlock.

I think recoil is so mild in either it is practically a non issue.


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25/06 is the perfect answer! smile

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I'd find a rifle that you liked and then see which of the cals it came in. If it comes in both then you have a choice to make and I'll probably take a look at what I had as well.

Either one will do what you need done.

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FWIW, didn't Gary Sitton do quite a bit of Texas hunting with a Dakota 10 in .25-06?


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The .270 Winchester in a 130 grn will kill practically anything I was interested in shooting here in Texas. The 150 shoots through anything and the 25-06 is almost as good.


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Not Gary, but I ran a #10 in 25/06 for a while as well. Long dreamed of a #10 in 7 Mashburn Super... grin

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I would give the edge to the 25-06 with 100grn bullets (hornady or partition) in this situation.

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I have owned both, I would go .25-06; although as others have said previously I do not think any bambi would know the difference. I have used the .25-06 on Mule deer, Whitetail, Caribou, pronghorn, axis deer and blackbuck.

I would agree with the above comment from Mr. Dobrenski; get one you like that fits you well then worry about .270 vs .25-06.

Over the years I have become a big fan of fit first other details thereafter. Enjoy the process of deciding. GRF


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This is just such a no-brainer...... tired

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The 280 Remington is overbore.

The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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I flipped a coin and it said 270 Win 3x in a row...grin

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The 280 Remington is overbore.

The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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