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UoAAT to you, mister!Uh oh... another acronym thread.
AR's, evil black rifles. Now ya know it all .I'm a S/A guy (EBR's).
I don't know what that is???
I should clarify that my reference in post #2 to a "reduced recoil" load is not a "reduced load". I'm loading 87 grain bullets using H4895 at a weight that is above the suggested starting point in my loading manual. It is a soft-kicking round for sure.NEVER mess with reduced loads in the .25-06. Well-documented incidents of serious trouble have occurred, possibly due to powder arrangement in the open interior of the case. Feed your racehorse for the race. Performance and accuracy arrive at a high plateau with this shell.
100 grain NBT over 57 grains of RL-22 has been my deer-slayer for over 30 years. 3500 fps is good medicine.For the 100gr bullets in the .25-06, I've tried both flavors of 4831, and settled on the IMR version over the Hogdon offering. In that process, IMR4350 and Accurate 3100 were also tried. Benchrest primers always. 55 grains of IMR4831 is a safe starting point at the high end: go up in "easy does it" fashion from there. A 24" barrel should achieve 3300fps and better. Extruded powders are at home here. Ball powders work well elsewhere.
NEVER mess with reduced loads in the .25-06. Well-documented incidents of serious trouble have occurred, possibly due to powder arrangement in the open interior of the case. Feed your racehorse for the race. Performance and accuracy arrive at a high plateau with this shell.
A round nose bullet in this cartridge is not unlike a parachute deployed to the back of your Corvette. No 100gr bullet or heavier (longer) should have any trouble being seated to reach the lands while remaining magazine operational.
That is also the acid test for eye relief: Shoulder the gun AFTER closing your eyes. In the naturally arrived at position (as if shooting at game), open your eyes to see if full image view is obtained at the highest magnification setting of the scope. (where eye relief is most unforgiving).I put my face on the stock open my eyes and see if I can easily see through the scope. If it doesnt lineup i change the rings and try again.
I went with a 4.5-14 on my 25-06, as for the longer shots I can see better...but then I'm in wide open country here.Well the rings are ordered, leupold 1" backcountry medium height, and I think I'll pull the 3.5X10X40 off of my .223 for the 25-06 and put a bigger 50mm on the 223 .
I have a 4.5-14-50 on the 300 Win Mag as my long range gun. It's a Browning X-Bolt Hunter with a 26" barrel. This 25-06 has a 22" barrel so I'm thinking its a 300yd Deer rifle. The 3.5-10-40 will be plenty of scope for that. I'll be going the the Hillsboro show this weekend so I'll see what I can find there.I went with a 4.5-14 on my 25-06, as for the longer shots I can see better...but then I'm in wide open country here.
I put on a 3.5-10 on the 257 Roberts, as the trajectory is not as good as the 25-06, so for 200-250 yards on in it does well.