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<blockquote data-quote="budlight" data-source="post: 2852799" data-attributes="member: 2939"><p>What I found from years of shooting 25-06 and 257 AI both with 26 inch barrels doing both sex muleys and antelope is: I can also say this for my other calibers 270. When ever I did the classic brood side heart lung shot using the heaviest for the caliber bullets all I ever got was pass throughs with tiny output holes. </p><p></p><p>The heavy pills are going slower and higher sectional density just punch through and the animal doesn't know that it's hit. They run off and die. My friend lost a B&C antelope that we couldn't find. some other hunters from a different vantage point saw where it went and chased us down with it after we had left scored 89 points.</p><p></p><p>Same thing on deer. So I went to 100 grain in .257 and everything has been bang flop. </p><p></p><p>I do go to the range and shoot 100's of rounds before season practising on paper out to 400 yards with my two hunting carry type rounds. I print out all my ballistic charts for elevation and expected temperature just in case I have to do a long shot with a heavy high BC bullet. But nearly every animal I have taken is relatively close and that is where the 100's shine. </p><p></p><p>I'm a 25-06 and 257 AI person both with 26 inch barrels. Reloader 26 is first choice. Then MagPro, ramshot magnum. I use Superformance for 100's and 87's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="budlight, post: 2852799, member: 2939"] What I found from years of shooting 25-06 and 257 AI both with 26 inch barrels doing both sex muleys and antelope is: I can also say this for my other calibers 270. When ever I did the classic brood side heart lung shot using the heaviest for the caliber bullets all I ever got was pass throughs with tiny output holes. The heavy pills are going slower and higher sectional density just punch through and the animal doesn't know that it's hit. They run off and die. My friend lost a B&C antelope that we couldn't find. some other hunters from a different vantage point saw where it went and chased us down with it after we had left scored 89 points. Same thing on deer. So I went to 100 grain in .257 and everything has been bang flop. I do go to the range and shoot 100's of rounds before season practising on paper out to 400 yards with my two hunting carry type rounds. I print out all my ballistic charts for elevation and expected temperature just in case I have to do a long shot with a heavy high BC bullet. But nearly every animal I have taken is relatively close and that is where the 100's shine. I'm a 25-06 and 257 AI person both with 26 inch barrels. Reloader 26 is first choice. Then MagPro, ramshot magnum. I use Superformance for 100's and 87's. [/QUOTE]
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