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<blockquote data-quote="elkaholic" data-source="post: 1217656" data-attributes="member: 13833"><p>I bought a 26-06 back when they first came out in a factory chambering. It was a BDL that I paid $139 for. I was laughed at "back in the day" as shooting a (needle blower) that wouldn't kill anything! Things changed pretty fast when I started pilling up whitetails at 400-500 yards along a stretch of RR r-o-w back in the U.P of Mi. I can not tell you how many deer I killed with it as well as black bear and a variety of varmints at some pretty impressive ranges. Most of the deer that I shot were with 100-120 grain bullets in sierra, speer, hornady, and nosler. When I moved to North Id. in 1975, I killed my first elk with it at 450 yards with a 115 Nosler partition. Dropped him in his tracks with a shoulder shot. I don't know how many rounds I put through it, but it was several thousand! The throat was so shot out that you could not even touch the lands with a 120 grain bullet stuck barely into the case mouth. It still shot well under moa when I took the barrel off and replaced it with a 6.5-06 A.I. which piled up a lot more game. I still have that rifle now chambered in 6.5 Sherman. The 25-06 is a great round, but with only a .007" larger bore, the 6.5 is much more versatile because of bullets up to 160 grains. I will say that with 100 grain bullets, it was as quick a deer killer as ANYTHING I have shot them with! I hope this helps with your decision.....Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkaholic, post: 1217656, member: 13833"] I bought a 26-06 back when they first came out in a factory chambering. It was a BDL that I paid $139 for. I was laughed at "back in the day" as shooting a (needle blower) that wouldn't kill anything! Things changed pretty fast when I started pilling up whitetails at 400-500 yards along a stretch of RR r-o-w back in the U.P of Mi. I can not tell you how many deer I killed with it as well as black bear and a variety of varmints at some pretty impressive ranges. Most of the deer that I shot were with 100-120 grain bullets in sierra, speer, hornady, and nosler. When I moved to North Id. in 1975, I killed my first elk with it at 450 yards with a 115 Nosler partition. Dropped him in his tracks with a shoulder shot. I don't know how many rounds I put through it, but it was several thousand! The throat was so shot out that you could not even touch the lands with a 120 grain bullet stuck barely into the case mouth. It still shot well under moa when I took the barrel off and replaced it with a 6.5-06 A.I. which piled up a lot more game. I still have that rifle now chambered in 6.5 Sherman. The 25-06 is a great round, but with only a .007" larger bore, the 6.5 is much more versatile because of bullets up to 160 grains. I will say that with 100 grain bullets, it was as quick a deer killer as ANYTHING I have shot them with! I hope this helps with your decision.....Rich [/QUOTE]
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