...so keep on deer hunting and enjoying your 25/06 but don't expect the same results on an elk or something as large.
J E CUSTOM
Amen!
Reading the original post, clearly indicates that the ranges employed were less than 450 yds. I would agree at those ranges the -06 based cartridges do very well - on deer.
There is something about ELK - sometimes they will bang-flop with a single 100gr 243 round. Other times they will 3 or 4 rds from a 30-06 180gr load and go a 100 yds or more. These days, hunting elk on public land, you can end up with 2 or more hunters shootng and arguing over who's elk it is. Here in WA it happens every year.
There is a lot to be said for the high velocity, high impact hydro-static shock theory that Roy Weatherby advocated. Then again, in my professional employment, I have made alot of money off guys who have tried to redefine the laws of pyshics and declare them null and void.
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