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

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

so for you melenials.......and anyone else still following this thread....... the point n shoot thing mentioned above was THE VERY REASON the likes of the poohseventy /EBRG and the likes got such a fine reputation back 40-50 years ago....compared to the other slower loads of the day taking a sucessful shot out to an ESTIMATED 300-350 yards was FAR MORE LIKELY to result in a kill..... the flatter trajectory helped no end,the common place carry of rangefinders/dialing up and trajectory charts has changed the ball game completely for some folks,they are doing now with technology what the american buffalo hunters were doing a hundred years ago with .45/70/405 or .45/90 or .45/110s and the likes,lobbing a projectile into a KNOWN curve to connect at a known range.
some of us still basically use the rule of 3 when sighting in...in rough rounded terms it means my poohseventy will be 3" high at hundy,dead on at 270 and hold on backbone at 350ish.... it works for MOST rifles assuming a velocity of 2800-3100fps and a pointy bit coming out the end.
if you know your rifle and know where its going to hit and are using a decent expanding projectile you can pretty much kill a deer as far as you can hold a 8" group.......BUT if your projectile is running out of ooomph and / or doesnt expand.....even the best shot can still result in a slow kill/runner.
see Maxs thread on x39mm if you want to see how diferent folks think different strokes..... Ive killed a deer with .22 magnum,not ideal but its entirely plausable to do so....would I do it again??? yes but would be a lot more cleaver about projectile placement....
with either the .25/06 or the 7mm/08 if you take out the front wheels,you deer is falling over dead. argueing which is better is a pure pissing contest...given a howling norwest wind either way your boots will get wet.

Great post @Micky Duck "the rule of three" reminds me of the writing of Graham Henry of Rod & Rifle, one of the best gun writers of his day. Its was he that made me start with a 270. I still have a hankering for a 25/06 too due to him and I will get one some stage.