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<blockquote data-quote="bengineer" data-source="post: 3070305" data-attributes="member: 36951"><p>I use both 15" and 26" encores in 25-06. The 100 Sierra Game King is sufficient to spectacular on deer and pronghorn, but quite excels on marmots (rockchuck cousin). My best anecdote: an old hand saw a marmot pop at about 80 yds uphill at about 30 degrees. His response: "that was the coolest thing ive ever seen." The whole thing arced about 10' up and away, from the top of a sage brush, with the intestines all blown out like ropes from the body which spun and flipped a few times. This was with the 15" barrel. </p><p></p><p>The 100s go 2800 in the 15" and 3300 in the 26". I think the momentum (none when considering elk or things that bite, but then again plenty for 5# grass chewers) often displaces the whole carcass several feet, but the soft nature of the game king displaces most of the soft tissues away from the carcass at the same moment. Those results cement the 25-06 as my biggest varmint round.</p><p>A 22 or a 6mm works well on the marmot, but either will provide shallower wounds with soft bullets or narrower wounds with harder bullets. The mid-speed 35s like a 14" 358jdj will empty the insides decisively, but is harder to make longer hits with than the varmint rounds. A 41 with a cast hp kills them dead without much discernible effect, same as a 17 hornet with 20gr varmags. </p><p>6.5 & 7 long range rigs with soft bullets are wonderful. 308 with softs is too. But with "elk bullets" the critters just stop; same as 41 or 17 described above. A 338 lapua and 300 smk or berger is beautiful overkill with much body displacement, more than the 25. Big bore rifles clean em out and fling em too, but the recoil mostly prevents the shooter from seeing the immediate results. So I go back again to the 25, with either barrel, and the 100 splatter king.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bengineer, post: 3070305, member: 36951"] I use both 15” and 26” encores in 25-06. The 100 Sierra Game King is sufficient to spectacular on deer and pronghorn, but quite excels on marmots (rockchuck cousin). My best anecdote: an old hand saw a marmot pop at about 80 yds uphill at about 30 degrees. His response: “that was the coolest thing ive ever seen.” The whole thing arced about 10’ up and away, from the top of a sage brush, with the intestines all blown out like ropes from the body which spun and flipped a few times. This was with the 15” barrel. The 100s go 2800 in the 15” and 3300 in the 26”. I think the momentum (none when considering elk or things that bite, but then again plenty for 5# grass chewers) often displaces the whole carcass several feet, but the soft nature of the game king displaces most of the soft tissues away from the carcass at the same moment. Those results cement the 25-06 as my biggest varmint round. A 22 or a 6mm works well on the marmot, but either will provide shallower wounds with soft bullets or narrower wounds with harder bullets. The mid-speed 35s like a 14” 358jdj will empty the insides decisively, but is harder to make longer hits with than the varmint rounds. A 41 with a cast hp kills them dead without much discernible effect, same as a 17 hornet with 20gr varmags. 6.5 & 7 long range rigs with soft bullets are wonderful. 308 with softs is too. But with “elk bullets” the critters just stop; same as 41 or 17 described above. A 338 lapua and 300 smk or berger is beautiful overkill with much body displacement, more than the 25. Big bore rifles clean em out and fling em too, but the recoil mostly prevents the shooter from seeing the immediate results. So I go back again to the 25, with either barrel, and the 100 splatter king. [/QUOTE]
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