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.25-06 Factory Ammo, HELP!
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2nd range session
I went back to the range today and shot the 117 gr. Hornady SSt Interlock. Much better performance with these bullets out of the gun. My 5 shot groups averaged 1 inch which is great for me. I am very pleased with the results.
I went back to the range today and shot the 117 gr. Hornady SSt Interlock. Much better performance with these bullets out of the gun. My 5 shot groups averaged 1 inch which is great for me. I am very pleased with the results.
kmrcstintn
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I have a Savage 111G in .25-06 & lugged along Remington CoreLokt 100gr softpoints last year; with a 1 in 10" twist rate, the softtips were alright out to 100 yards, but the Winchester Positive Expanding Point 90gr load that I bought in bulk is tighter at 100 yards & under 2" MOA at 200 yards (got this stuff for 'groundhogs' & other such lightweight varmints); I didn't see a lick of deer last year, but was thinking along the lines of a 115gr to 120gr penetrating load if I use the .25-06 again this year but I got a .300 wsm that I want to use this year
stevereno1
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Go to Wal Mart. If they don't already have it, they can special order it. It would arrive in the store in 14 days maximum.
cottonmouth
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25-06
True story, about three years ago me and a friend of mine were seting the scope on my No.1 Ruger in 25-06 and we were joking about a deer walking out while we were shooting. Sure enough, right after we got her set two bucks walked out at about 280 yards. I was putting the ammo in the truck when he says give me a bullet! He had the action open and was looking at the deer in the scope so slaped a factory Remington, 117 soft point I think it was, into the gun and he pulls the trigger. I was looking through the spotting scope and see dirt fly up behind the deer on a dirt bank. "You shot over him" I said, he shot again and the dirt flew again, "Still high" I say, and the deer walks into the woods. Both shots were broad side. Thinking he missed he tried the other buck but it was walking away from us, he tried a shot at the deer's rear end and when the rifle went off the deer never moved. We sat there for a second and it too walked into the woods. I just knew he missed but he wanted to go look for blood so we walked down there looking around and one of the bucks was laying there dead as door nail. When we went to look at him the other one jumped up and ran about 100 yards, I had my S&W 2-1/2'' 66 and went to see where he had ran, I was able to walk within 20 yards of him and put a 125 grain JHP into his front shoulder and put him to rest. After checking him we saw that the walking away shot had totally removed his testicals! This deer NEVER even showed a sign of being hit, he jusy walked away!! The other deer had two holes in his front shoulder no more than an inch apart, he too never showed a sign of being hit. The dirt I saw flying was from the bullets exiting and hitting the bank behind him. I never hunted with those bullets but I did go to a hand loaded 100 grain Speer HP at around 3200 fps and have had good luck with it. I have shot 4 or 5 deer with it and they never go more than 50 yards. The soft point was just punching a little hole straight through. A 25-06 is a good deer round but you need to know you have the right load.
J.B.
True story, about three years ago me and a friend of mine were seting the scope on my No.1 Ruger in 25-06 and we were joking about a deer walking out while we were shooting. Sure enough, right after we got her set two bucks walked out at about 280 yards. I was putting the ammo in the truck when he says give me a bullet! He had the action open and was looking at the deer in the scope so slaped a factory Remington, 117 soft point I think it was, into the gun and he pulls the trigger. I was looking through the spotting scope and see dirt fly up behind the deer on a dirt bank. "You shot over him" I said, he shot again and the dirt flew again, "Still high" I say, and the deer walks into the woods. Both shots were broad side. Thinking he missed he tried the other buck but it was walking away from us, he tried a shot at the deer's rear end and when the rifle went off the deer never moved. We sat there for a second and it too walked into the woods. I just knew he missed but he wanted to go look for blood so we walked down there looking around and one of the bucks was laying there dead as door nail. When we went to look at him the other one jumped up and ran about 100 yards, I had my S&W 2-1/2'' 66 and went to see where he had ran, I was able to walk within 20 yards of him and put a 125 grain JHP into his front shoulder and put him to rest. After checking him we saw that the walking away shot had totally removed his testicals! This deer NEVER even showed a sign of being hit, he jusy walked away!! The other deer had two holes in his front shoulder no more than an inch apart, he too never showed a sign of being hit. The dirt I saw flying was from the bullets exiting and hitting the bank behind him. I never hunted with those bullets but I did go to a hand loaded 100 grain Speer HP at around 3200 fps and have had good luck with it. I have shot 4 or 5 deer with it and they never go more than 50 yards. The soft point was just punching a little hole straight through. A 25-06 is a good deer round but you need to know you have the right load.
J.B.
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Funny you should mention that they didn't show any signs of being hit...
Another true story,
I shot at a spike one VERY cold December morning about 18 or 19 years ago with a 25-06...I was so cold I was shivering which caused the "miss"...at the shot the deer jerked its right front leg, kinda like something bit him...other than that he never even raised his head from eating. I chambered another round and used a tree limb to steady myself a little this time...it worked, I put that round right through his heart and he fell right there.
Upon closer inspection I noticed a "nick" in his right front leg, a little above the knee...the bullet barely grazed him, it didn't even break the skin, it just took the hair off.
Now for the weird part...that deer was only about 50 feet away during all that...it was as if he did not hear the first shot.
EDITED TO ADD: The ammo I was using was Hornady factory loads with 117 grain BTSP's.
Another true story,
I shot at a spike one VERY cold December morning about 18 or 19 years ago with a 25-06...I was so cold I was shivering which caused the "miss"...at the shot the deer jerked its right front leg, kinda like something bit him...other than that he never even raised his head from eating. I chambered another round and used a tree limb to steady myself a little this time...it worked, I put that round right through his heart and he fell right there.
Upon closer inspection I noticed a "nick" in his right front leg, a little above the knee...the bullet barely grazed him, it didn't even break the skin, it just took the hair off.
Now for the weird part...that deer was only about 50 feet away during all that...it was as if he did not hear the first shot.
EDITED TO ADD: The ammo I was using was Hornady factory loads with 117 grain BTSP's.
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