Thread: The power of the 2506 AI

Accubonds are hard bullets and need to be driven fast and into bone to be effective.

Originally Posted by Mathias

Given the very light frame and narrow sectional density of a chamois, I'd be using a more frangible bullet than an AB. I tried all sorts of bullets in my 257 Ackley (similar speed to your 25/06) and had the most success with either 100gr Hornady spire point or 100gr and 115gr Nosler BT's. They all opened up nicely with extensive damage, causing a very quick immobilizing affect.

I tried all sorts and settled on the AB's. Tried 100grn sierras = blew to pieces + shallow fleshwound. 117 sierra = good on piggy's flew to pieces on deer. 100 grn corelokt = pass through. 100 grn Hornady FBSP= pass through. 120 Hornady HP very good + very accurate but can't get them anymore. I was shooting the 100's at 3500 and this was just too much for the poor little things (I mean the bullets )

110gr eld x or 117gr interlock?

100gr hot cor or 120gr btsp?
I like speers myself. Light and hardish or heavy and frangible.

My favorites were Hornady 120HP I shot a heap of animals with them, then went to 115 B Tips and 110grn AB in my 25/08

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I shot a lot of game with a .25/06 before moving on to .270s and still have a .257 Rob AI. Agree with a lot of the comments above also.

The 87 and 90 projectiles are all very soft, at 06 speeds, excluding Barnes and will blow up on medium game.

The 100 grain Hornady spire point is a good medium game bullet at 06 speeds. Not to soft, opens up quicker than the 117/120s. Sadly no longer made. 100 gn bts shoot well. Once you get to game above large goat, fallow stag size, I reckon you need to go to a 115+. The 100 gn barnes TSX works well on goat, fallow, whitetail, Rusa size deer.

The trap here is the harder 120 cup and core projectiles can pencil through a bit and be erratic killers If you don’t hit some good bone IME.

Personally I prefer softer 130s (Sierra, Speer, hornady) in the .270 verse 117/120s in the .25 on medium game for more knockdown but each to his own.

Originally Posted by Dicko

I shot a lot of game with a .25/06 before moving on to .270s and still have a .257 Rob AI. Agree with a lot of the comments above also.

The 87 and 90 projectiles are all very soft, at 06 speeds, excluding Barnes and will blow up on medium game.

The 100 grain Hornady spire point is a good medium game bullet at 06 speeds. Not to soft, opens up quicker than the 117/120s. Sadly no longer made. 100 gn bts shoot well. Once you get to game above large goat, fallow stag size, I reckon you need to go to a 115+. The 100 gn barnes TSX works well on goat, fallow, whitetail, Rusa size deer.

The trap here is the harder 120 cup and core projectiles can pencil through a bit and be erratic killers If you don’t hit some good bone IME.

Personally I prefer softer 130s (Sierra, Speer, hornady) in the .270 verse 117/120s in the .25 on medium game for more knockdown but each to his own.

Yes, I have to agree the 270 is a better killer than the 2506 without overkilling stuff. It seems to cause hydrostatic shock and collapse easily on med sized animals whereas the 25 needs accurate shot placement to do the same. The difference with the 25 is it just seems hard to miss - they are just very easy to hit with, sort of like a 243 but with lots of steroids. The previous owner of my rifle left me some rounds loaded with 62 grns of IMR 4831 and 85 grn bullets that would clock 3920 fps

All good stuff to hear. I was thinking of checking out the 115 Barnes.
In the past few years I’ve gone from.243 (lost 2 deer in a row) then 270 now 25-06 just because it’s all I think I need for what I shoot (I don’t chase trophy stags)I’m loving it. I felt everything I killed with the .270 was overkill.

I agree, the big .25 is like a blasty .243 with another 150m of usable range when setup right.