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<blockquote data-quote="Raudy707" data-source="post: 2358668" data-attributes="member: 105681"><p>I love the 25-06! It was my first deer rifle. I dumped 54 bucks 30 something hogs, 2 black bear and my first 2 bull elk with that little quarter bore. I don't recall shooting many animals twice. It was stolen and ironically I bought a Tikka 270 wsm (basically 6.8 Western) because it was left handed and I had always been shooting a right hand model 70 and rolling the rifle to work the bolt. I am not a huge fan of the SST bullet but I wouldn't hesitate to shoot any Mule deer buck with a 120 grain Partition or 110 Accubond. I know Partition's aren't known for long range accuracy but I did kill a Blacktail buck at 680 yards one season. It was back in the day of just 3-9x40 duplex scopes and I laid down prone and fired my first shot with the heavy duplex on his heart. Hit by the bucks hoof. I walked it up and fired. Buck whirled around and I thought I shot right through him. My buddy said right under his belly. I said ok. Brought the heavy duplex up to his back and said he's going down on this one. Sure enough the Partition broke the shoulder blade, a rib and took out the lungs then exited with a 50 cent size hole. Buck fell over dead as a stone. 24" 4x3 blacktail. Anyways, thanks for a tour down memory lane I sure miss that 25-06.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raudy707, post: 2358668, member: 105681"] I love the 25-06! It was my first deer rifle. I dumped 54 bucks 30 something hogs, 2 black bear and my first 2 bull elk with that little quarter bore. I don't recall shooting many animals twice. It was stolen and ironically I bought a Tikka 270 wsm (basically 6.8 Western) because it was left handed and I had always been shooting a right hand model 70 and rolling the rifle to work the bolt. I am not a huge fan of the SST bullet but I wouldn't hesitate to shoot any Mule deer buck with a 120 grain Partition or 110 Accubond. I know Partition's aren't known for long range accuracy but I did kill a Blacktail buck at 680 yards one season. It was back in the day of just 3-9x40 duplex scopes and I laid down prone and fired my first shot with the heavy duplex on his heart. Hit by the bucks hoof. I walked it up and fired. Buck whirled around and I thought I shot right through him. My buddy said right under his belly. I said ok. Brought the heavy duplex up to his back and said he's going down on this one. Sure enough the Partition broke the shoulder blade, a rib and took out the lungs then exited with a 50 cent size hole. Buck fell over dead as a stone. 24" 4x3 blacktail. Anyways, thanks for a tour down memory lane I sure miss that 25-06. [/QUOTE]
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