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Thoughts on a 25-06?
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<blockquote data-quote="stevecrea" data-source="post: 511830" data-attributes="member: 34088"><p>I have found ammo to be readily available at the larger retail stores such as Cabela's and Sportsman's. But, at smaller shops, ammo is sometimes a bit hard to come by.</p><p> </p><p>The 25-06 is an excellent round for deer-sized game, can be used for larger game such as elk, and can also be used for predators and varmints. However, the recoil is more than most people would want for a lot of shooting such as at prairie dogs.</p><p> </p><p>With good loads and good bullets with high ballistic coefficients, it is better in the wind than many of the popular varmint rounds such as the .223 Remington. However, because of the increased recoil, it is sometimes impossible to see your bullet strike. </p><p> </p><p>It is my belief that the round is inherently accurate, but that is a relative term. I would lean toward the .243, the 6 BR, the 6 PPC, the .223, the 22-250, the .204 Ruger, and other smaller cased cartridges if one were seeking the higher levels of accuracy. This is meant to take nothing away from the 25-06 in terms of accuracy, but many observers believe that the smaller case based cartridges may have an advantage here.</p><p> </p><p>Further, it has been my experience that if one is going to shoot very many rounds, the higher recoil of this round, relative to smaller case based rounds, tends to make it somewhat more difficult for many to shoot well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stevecrea, post: 511830, member: 34088"] I have found ammo to be readily available at the larger retail stores such as Cabela's and Sportsman's. But, at smaller shops, ammo is sometimes a bit hard to come by. The 25-06 is an excellent round for deer-sized game, can be used for larger game such as elk, and can also be used for predators and varmints. However, the recoil is more than most people would want for a lot of shooting such as at prairie dogs. With good loads and good bullets with high ballistic coefficients, it is better in the wind than many of the popular varmint rounds such as the .223 Remington. However, because of the increased recoil, it is sometimes impossible to see your bullet strike. It is my belief that the round is inherently accurate, but that is a relative term. I would lean toward the .243, the 6 BR, the 6 PPC, the .223, the 22-250, the .204 Ruger, and other smaller cased cartridges if one were seeking the higher levels of accuracy. This is meant to take nothing away from the 25-06 in terms of accuracy, but many observers believe that the smaller case based cartridges may have an advantage here. Further, it has been my experience that if one is going to shoot very many rounds, the higher recoil of this round, relative to smaller case based rounds, tends to make it somewhat more difficult for many to shoot well. [/QUOTE]
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