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What are the advantages of a .25-06?
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<blockquote data-quote="gunsmith" data-source="post: 744606" data-attributes="member: 53434"><p>You could try solid copper or lead/copper jacket if it is an Ackley Improved .25-'06 and just see how it goes at 1 km. I bet its pretty good in 0-18 mph winds already.</p><p></p><p>I had gotten blown off the range one day and got a little PO'd at the gust working me over wasting 2 boxes of ammo trying to find the target. So, I made up a batch of about 400 Tantalum pins (about 5 mm as I recall), which I fitted into the 193 grain mold and cast the rest out of lead. I think that was a 6.5 mm mold...I may have enlarged it into a 7mm just for this purpose. </p><p></p><p>I kind or remember wishing I had a .264 Win Mag or a .338 for that application. The 7mm slugs came out just under 300 grains, and when I got them worked up, I was aiming fairly low on the reticle, lobbing those bricks at the paper.</p><p></p><p>The wind hit 70 mph one night some time later, and I went out to see what the "Fat Man" slugs would do. At something like 9 clicks, it put a 22" group (10 rounds) in the paper at 1,000 yards (not meters). Then the targets all blew into the next county. </p><p></p><p>I remember drinking about a gallon of hot chocolate when I got in, and I was VERY happy with that group on the paper in 55 to 70 mph wind. They were the only bullets that hit the 1,000 yd paper in that session. The 220 grain Core Lokt shot out of the .30-'06 never found the 600 yard target, but the 7mm Ackley just kept bucking wind consistently and leaving a group. I was young, and I learned a little bit that night.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gunsmith, post: 744606, member: 53434"] You could try solid copper or lead/copper jacket if it is an Ackley Improved .25-'06 and just see how it goes at 1 km. I bet its pretty good in 0-18 mph winds already. I had gotten blown off the range one day and got a little PO'd at the gust working me over wasting 2 boxes of ammo trying to find the target. So, I made up a batch of about 400 Tantalum pins (about 5 mm as I recall), which I fitted into the 193 grain mold and cast the rest out of lead. I think that was a 6.5 mm mold...I may have enlarged it into a 7mm just for this purpose. I kind or remember wishing I had a .264 Win Mag or a .338 for that application. The 7mm slugs came out just under 300 grains, and when I got them worked up, I was aiming fairly low on the reticle, lobbing those bricks at the paper. The wind hit 70 mph one night some time later, and I went out to see what the "Fat Man" slugs would do. At something like 9 clicks, it put a 22" group (10 rounds) in the paper at 1,000 yards (not meters). Then the targets all blew into the next county. I remember drinking about a gallon of hot chocolate when I got in, and I was VERY happy with that group on the paper in 55 to 70 mph wind. They were the only bullets that hit the 1,000 yd paper in that session. The 220 grain Core Lokt shot out of the .30-'06 never found the 600 yard target, but the 7mm Ackley just kept bucking wind consistently and leaving a group. I was young, and I learned a little bit that night. [/QUOTE]
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