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.25-06 elk load
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<blockquote data-quote="Bbear" data-source="post: 1106370" data-attributes="member: 7898"><p>For the life of me, I KNOW why people want to go after these magnificent animals with smaller calibers. </p><p></p><p>My first-ever elk hunt was in Oregon. The ONLY cf rifle I owned was a 25-06. I reloaded for it at that time and felt that my 120 gr Speer wasn't enough for them. I worked up a fairly accurate load using the 120 Nosler partition. </p><p>I took this rifle because the only other one I could 'borrow' was a 7 hour drive the wrong direction to get. </p><p>I took my elk - bang, flop at a whopping 50 yards. </p><p></p><p>The next year, I dropped another elk at 150 yards when he stepped out of the timber on a fence row I was hunting on. </p><p></p><p>That same year one of our party put at least 2 180 gr 30 caliber slugs into a bull at 100 yards and never found it. Both were into the chest, tight behind the shoulder. So a bigger caliber does not necessitate quicker, cleaner or more humane kills. If the bullet goes in the wrong spot or glances off of a bone, the shot is not immediately fatal. </p><p></p><p>To Bakercity, the 100 gr TTSX might be good out to maybe 300 yards but after that I would be concerned with them not having enough velocity to open up enough to give the shock needed. The 120 gr TTSX might be the same way. </p><p></p><p>Though both are great bullets, once the round loses velocity, they just may not open up enough to do what's needed. Hill Country whitetails are nowhere near the size of an elk, yet the 100 gr TTSX's I've hit them with out around 350-400 have just penciled through with my 25-06's.</p><p>The partition will open up out there at the 350-400 yard range. As long as you put the bullet in the right spot AND are ready to dump another shot or even two more into your elk, you shouldn't have problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bbear, post: 1106370, member: 7898"] For the life of me, I KNOW why people want to go after these magnificent animals with smaller calibers. My first-ever elk hunt was in Oregon. The ONLY cf rifle I owned was a 25-06. I reloaded for it at that time and felt that my 120 gr Speer wasn't enough for them. I worked up a fairly accurate load using the 120 Nosler partition. I took this rifle because the only other one I could 'borrow' was a 7 hour drive the wrong direction to get. I took my elk - bang, flop at a whopping 50 yards. The next year, I dropped another elk at 150 yards when he stepped out of the timber on a fence row I was hunting on. That same year one of our party put at least 2 180 gr 30 caliber slugs into a bull at 100 yards and never found it. Both were into the chest, tight behind the shoulder. So a bigger caliber does not necessitate quicker, cleaner or more humane kills. If the bullet goes in the wrong spot or glances off of a bone, the shot is not immediately fatal. To Bakercity, the 100 gr TTSX might be good out to maybe 300 yards but after that I would be concerned with them not having enough velocity to open up enough to give the shock needed. The 120 gr TTSX might be the same way. Though both are great bullets, once the round loses velocity, they just may not open up enough to do what's needed. Hill Country whitetails are nowhere near the size of an elk, yet the 100 gr TTSX's I've hit them with out around 350-400 have just penciled through with my 25-06's. The partition will open up out there at the 350-400 yard range. As long as you put the bullet in the right spot AND are ready to dump another shot or even two more into your elk, you shouldn't have problem. [/QUOTE]
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