80gr Barnes in 25-06
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MaineFlatlander
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Don't remember my load but very accurate. My brother used it to kill an antelope last year at 532 yards. Just because I want to I'm going back to the 100 grs.
Cahunter805
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100gr ttsx is what I'd start with or 110gr nosler accubonds.
I have used 80's in my Roberts, and do like them..I suppose they would be even better out of a 25'06 but the 25'06 shoots 100's fast enough that i'd probly stick with them in that cart.
But if you're wondering if the 80's are a good deer bullet, yes,they sure are.
But if you're wondering if the 80's are a good deer bullet, yes,they sure are.
For what it's worth, I've
had very poor results on big
bodied muledeer with Nosler
110 Noslers.
And I'm a big Nosler fan.
They are accurate as hell,
but use caution.
I had issues with thick bucks in
CO and NM.
I don't know if these fly weight
Barnes would have done better, but
I suspect so.
I'm a huge 25-06 guy, but I've learned
you need to use the right bullet.
had very poor results on big
bodied muledeer with Nosler
110 Noslers.
And I'm a big Nosler fan.
They are accurate as hell,
but use caution.
I had issues with thick bucks in
CO and NM.
I don't know if these fly weight
Barnes would have done better, but
I suspect so.
I'm a huge 25-06 guy, but I've learned
you need to use the right bullet.
N
NoShot
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>I would think the 80 or
>100 grain barnes would be
>a great bullet for deer.
>Drive right thru them fast
>and flat shooting.
> Anyone tried the 100 grain
>ballistic tip?
>
>O--one
>B--big
>A--ass
>M--mistake
>A--america
I've taken 4 Antelope with the 25.06 100gr Ballistic tip, from 153, 176, 219 and 448 yards. Got passthroughs on each one(kinda surprised me on last years 448 shot), but had massive internal damage. Every one was dead right there.
Just my very limited experience. But the load shoots great from my Savage, so far so good...
>100 grain barnes would be
>a great bullet for deer.
>Drive right thru them fast
>and flat shooting.
> Anyone tried the 100 grain
>ballistic tip?
>
>O--one
>B--big
>A--ass
>M--mistake
>A--america
I've taken 4 Antelope with the 25.06 100gr Ballistic tip, from 153, 176, 219 and 448 yards. Got passthroughs on each one(kinda surprised me on last years 448 shot), but had massive internal damage. Every one was dead right there.
Just my very limited experience. But the load shoots great from my Savage, so far so good...
sageadvice
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2143, interesting thread.
Way back when a kid thru my 30's, i shot and killed a lot of blacktail and some cross bread bucks with the 25-06, i generally shot whatever they had on the stores shelves. Seemed to me that i started out the first few years with the lighter bullets, 87 and 90 grainers. They killed just fine but i noticed a lot of blood shot and bubbles all up and down the impact side. Sometimes there was bubbles and blood all the way to the hind quarters, belly to back, on front or behind the front shoulder hits.
Then i went to the 100 grainers and shot those while competing at the local gun club at steel and a moving target game, we had a Team that competed against other clubs, called "Running Deer". Then later on, i went with the 117's and 120's. Seemed to me, like i said, that they all were devastating killers. All the different weight bullets stoned them dead as can be, yet the heavier bullets caused considerably less damage to the carcass and i was hunting a lot of muleys outa state in those days and felt a bigger bullet might be better for the bigger animal.
I'm getting that long ago, my very first bought with my own money, 1969 Rem 700 ADL 25-06 rifle back from my Uncle who passed on. I'm still not sure what i'm going to shoot thru it. The Barnes though, intrigues me and i may go that way...
Joey
"It's all about knowing what your firearms practical limitations are and combining that with your own personal limitations!"
Way back when a kid thru my 30's, i shot and killed a lot of blacktail and some cross bread bucks with the 25-06, i generally shot whatever they had on the stores shelves. Seemed to me that i started out the first few years with the lighter bullets, 87 and 90 grainers. They killed just fine but i noticed a lot of blood shot and bubbles all up and down the impact side. Sometimes there was bubbles and blood all the way to the hind quarters, belly to back, on front or behind the front shoulder hits.
Then i went to the 100 grainers and shot those while competing at the local gun club at steel and a moving target game, we had a Team that competed against other clubs, called "Running Deer". Then later on, i went with the 117's and 120's. Seemed to me, like i said, that they all were devastating killers. All the different weight bullets stoned them dead as can be, yet the heavier bullets caused considerably less damage to the carcass and i was hunting a lot of muleys outa state in those days and felt a bigger bullet might be better for the bigger animal.
I'm getting that long ago, my very first bought with my own money, 1969 Rem 700 ADL 25-06 rifle back from my Uncle who passed on. I'm still not sure what i'm going to shoot thru it. The Barnes though, intrigues me and i may go that way...
Joey
"It's all about knowing what your firearms practical limitations are and combining that with your own personal limitations!"
Joey,
I shot a whitetail with one, and plan
to shoot antelope with one in late August.
I was a huge fan of the Nosler Solid Base,
but they have not been available for years.
This little bullet groups good. I don't know what
the exact velocity is, but it's smoking.
I like the bullet enough, to break out my old
rifle again.
If it works, I'll use it.
I shot a whitetail with one, and plan
to shoot antelope with one in late August.
I was a huge fan of the Nosler Solid Base,
but they have not been available for years.
This little bullet groups good. I don't know what
the exact velocity is, but it's smoking.
I like the bullet enough, to break out my old
rifle again.
If it works, I'll use it.
I new to the 25-06 but really like the performance I'm getting with it. So far I can credit a mule deer and an antelope to my 120gr reloads.
I understand that speed overcomes gravity, but I'm leary of trying 80 grainers due to devastating blood-shot & meat damage mentioned.
For me 100 is a light as I'd go.
I understand that speed overcomes gravity, but I'm leary of trying 80 grainers due to devastating blood-shot & meat damage mentioned.
For me 100 is a light as I'd go.
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LAST EDITED ON Jun-02-14 AT 00:44AM (MST)[p]Tomorrow, I'm taking a few days off my busy time of year to drive down the mountain to the Ranch Country where i grew up, some 250 miles away. My Uncle past on last year, he's the guy that bought the 25-06 i spoke of in post #8. The reason my Uncle had it? Well, i had just picked up a brandy spanking new .257 Weatherby mark V., That was 1975-6, felt i didn't need the 25-06 any more, dumb assed mistake, he seen for himself how well it shot,... and i have dearly missed that sweet right out of the box shooter of a rifle ever since.
I was truly sorry to see my Uncle pass but am very glad that his wife, my Aunt, and my cousins all feel like the 25-06 should go/come back to me. There will be some visiting of friends and Family while i'm there, this trip is long overdue, haven't been down since his Funeral.
I spent a hour or so on the phone last night with my reloading buddy discussing various loadings that i may shoot through my ol friend. Lots of options, most probably good ones, we'll see.
Not to confuse anybody but this 25-06 i'm getting back was one of two, both bought in 1969 and i hunted a lot with both of them. The other one belonged to my Grandfather on my Mothers side. He was a hella fine buck hunter, outdoorsmen, still made up north and outa state hunts until the year he passed. Well, he left me his 25-06. Being my Uncle didn't want to talk to me about selling me mine back, when i inherited my Grandfathers 25-06, it was all good. Grandpa's rifle never was quite the shooter that mine was though. Still, a 1" gun, i hunted it 12-13 years and put down a full share of both local and outa state bucks with it.
That was until i boogered up the barrel by shooting it at a big Muley buck with it's barrel packed with snow. That one shot bulged the barrel to the point of the bullet was afterward leaving off contact with the rifling then contacting again before leaving the tube. As you might guess, Grampa's rifle no longer shot fer ship, I needed a new barrel but bought another rifle instead.
Some years later, there was a Alaska trip with Buddy's in the works and i didn't really have a "alaskian type" cartridge in my inventory so then thinking of what new barrel to put on Grandpa's 25-06. My thoughts were to go as small as i thought i might get by with on the Moose-caribou hunt yet still have a good open country muley rifle for when i returned. After much thought and hours pouring through ballistic tables, I then contacted my gunsmith and ordered up a Fairly stout 25" stainless match grade Pac-nor barrel in 280AI and later had that put on.
So, the reason of all this report? Well, I'll soon have my ol very first bought and paid for, with my own earned money, killed a ton of bucks with it and never seemed to miss, rifle back. My pet 25-06.... and, if i feel the need for anything bigger or longer range, my gun safe will also hold my Grandfathers 25-06, now chambered in 280AI which i have used to hunt bucks from the top of Wyoming and Colorado to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Both nice looking wood stocked 1969 Rem 700 ADL's. I'm a lucky Man!!
Joey
"It's all about knowing what your firearms practical limitations are and combining that with your own personal limitations!"
I was truly sorry to see my Uncle pass but am very glad that his wife, my Aunt, and my cousins all feel like the 25-06 should go/come back to me. There will be some visiting of friends and Family while i'm there, this trip is long overdue, haven't been down since his Funeral.
I spent a hour or so on the phone last night with my reloading buddy discussing various loadings that i may shoot through my ol friend. Lots of options, most probably good ones, we'll see.
Not to confuse anybody but this 25-06 i'm getting back was one of two, both bought in 1969 and i hunted a lot with both of them. The other one belonged to my Grandfather on my Mothers side. He was a hella fine buck hunter, outdoorsmen, still made up north and outa state hunts until the year he passed. Well, he left me his 25-06. Being my Uncle didn't want to talk to me about selling me mine back, when i inherited my Grandfathers 25-06, it was all good. Grandpa's rifle never was quite the shooter that mine was though. Still, a 1" gun, i hunted it 12-13 years and put down a full share of both local and outa state bucks with it.
That was until i boogered up the barrel by shooting it at a big Muley buck with it's barrel packed with snow. That one shot bulged the barrel to the point of the bullet was afterward leaving off contact with the rifling then contacting again before leaving the tube. As you might guess, Grampa's rifle no longer shot fer ship, I needed a new barrel but bought another rifle instead.
Some years later, there was a Alaska trip with Buddy's in the works and i didn't really have a "alaskian type" cartridge in my inventory so then thinking of what new barrel to put on Grandpa's 25-06. My thoughts were to go as small as i thought i might get by with on the Moose-caribou hunt yet still have a good open country muley rifle for when i returned. After much thought and hours pouring through ballistic tables, I then contacted my gunsmith and ordered up a Fairly stout 25" stainless match grade Pac-nor barrel in 280AI and later had that put on.
So, the reason of all this report? Well, I'll soon have my ol very first bought and paid for, with my own earned money, killed a ton of bucks with it and never seemed to miss, rifle back. My pet 25-06.... and, if i feel the need for anything bigger or longer range, my gun safe will also hold my Grandfathers 25-06, now chambered in 280AI which i have used to hunt bucks from the top of Wyoming and Colorado to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Both nice looking wood stocked 1969 Rem 700 ADL's. I'm a lucky Man!!
Joey
"It's all about knowing what your firearms practical limitations are and combining that with your own personal limitations!"
