New Member with a .25-06 Question

[SJB358]

I hear you buddy. I spent my first 9 years in Camp Pendleton, and enjoyed San Diego and Northern Ca, but I have no desire to move back there as a regular Ca citizen... I'd take Nevada though!!

 

[joelkdouglas]

Yeah I was just trying to be positive. I've spent about 11 months total at Vandenberg AFB on the central coast. It's a fine place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there forever.


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[ElmerThud]

I shot my 25-06 tonight. Tried a couple different seating depths and this stood out. I will reshoot it later to see what it does over a few different sessions but it seems pretty decent.



I'll work on the one out but I'm not sure if it wasn't me, but the ETips will shoot, just takes a little mussing around.

That looks like it's coming together very well Scotty. Whatever you do now to improve the load doesn't change that you already have a load that will take your quarry. Nice.

 

[JD338]

Justin,

Welcome aboard. Load the E Tip .100" off the lands, they do best with a lot of jump.

JD338

 

[Ridley75]

Thanks JD.

 

[sask boy]

Welcome aboard Jason as you can see this forum is next to none in knowledge and just plain good people.
I have nothing to add regarding the 25 Whelen , but believe that is going to be my next build I will then have the 25-06 (Light Whelen) & the 35 Whelen which is the (Hammer of Thor) :lol:.
Good luck on this up coming hunting season!! Please remember we enjoy stories with lots of photographs :mrgreen:..

Blessings,
Dan

 

[Ridley75]

Not the report I was hoping to give...opening weekend of archery in California's D3,4 and 5 zones was a bust. I didn't see a single deer. Found lots of fresh sign though. Might get out one more time before I'm off to Idaho for elk. When I return the .25-06 will be going on its first of many hikes.

 

[SJB358]

Thats the way it rolls sometimes.

Good luck in Idaho. One of my favorite places in the world to hunt.

 

[sask boy]

Justin welcome aboard Lad . I believe you just joined the best site on the Net! The people are super knowledgeable & we have a lot of fun here as well.
The 25-06 is a calibre that I am very interested in :mrgreen:.

Blessings,
Dan

 

[Ridley75]

Thanks Dan. I've lurked here for a while and what you say is obvious.

 

[Ridley75]

I have an update on load development for the etips in my .25-06. I tested a couple different powder charges at .100 off the lands. While I didn't measure the group with a caliper (my target is gridded out with 1/4 inch squares) the best group appeared to be just a hair of 1 inch. I think for now I'm going to stop working with the etips. The TTSX give me sub half inch groups at 100 yards so I'm going stick with that until I get the hankering to play with some more loads.

 

[DrMike]

That is quite a reasonable move. I've had good success with E-Tips in a number of cartridges, but I've had equally good results with the TSX in many cartridges. I go with the one that gives me the best combination of velocity, mass and accuracy.