Thread: 25-06 why hasn't it achieved fame and success in New Zealand?

Originally Posted by crnkin

Heres why.

Speaking from experience as a newbie shooter not long ago.

How high is your projectile at 100y? How far away is that deer/tahr/goat

Don't consult your drop charts, and experienced shooters shut it.

I bet you don't know.

Now go for a neck shot, because the forums (not this one ) told you a 223 is perfect for deer, but only in heavy projectiles.

Remember, your a newbie, so you don't have a rangefinder on you.

How far was that deer? Looks like about 200m. No need to get the rangefinder out, your mate is already looking behind his scope.

Your sighted in for 250y, should be mint if you hold a little low. Or is it high?

It must be low, how low do I hold? Oh ill just aim for the base of the neck.

Bang.

Missed, deer gone. Get rangefinder out, it was actually a large bodied hind at 350y.

You just missed with your .223 by 15 inches.

If it was a small one, at 180y, but you thought it was 250y, and you held dead on, youd miss with a factory loaded 308 by 100mm over the neck.

If it was a deer at 100y, sweet, close as, shoot it between the eyes! Hold dead on, BOOM! oh shit missed again.

For those of you that have never missed a shot in your life, fine, but for begginers, sight in at 100m, stalk in as close as possible, if you cant get closer than 250y, use a rangefinder, and take a well estimated shot.

My opinion, but I feel I am qualified enough as a new shooter to say I have been given some horrible advice at times.

Since you asked!

Chris

Chris I think you're overcomplicating things (and I think your calculations are a little off). Stick with zeroing for 200m, then you can take anything from 0 out to a good 300, possibly 400 without any correction when aiming for the boiler room. Even if you aim for the ear, the bullet will at worst drop into the neck.

Bang on at 200m. Even in the bush it'll be fine, the bullet doesn't go that high. Just don't try to correct for it if you don't need to I'm guilty of that from time to time.

If you're concerned about not being able to deliver a kill shot on the animal you shouldn't be shooting at it.

This is getting off topic. 25-06, raadaa raadaa raadaa, bang, flop, it'll do the job just like anything else and if you like it,good for you, if not, shoot what you shoot.