25.06 ????
10-31-2002, 11:14 AM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: crawfordville florida USA
Posts: 1,251
25.06 ????
I have an opportunity to
purchase a Rugar #1 25-06 single
shot rifle in immaculate condition
for $350. I would use it for deer hunting
only. I hunt in florida where most shots
are less than 100 yards. But shots
do come up for 200 and up. Question:
how is this rifle on short range shots
say 50 to 75 yards and what would be
the maximum effective range and last but
not least, do you think the price is right?
purchase a Rugar #1 25-06 single
shot rifle in immaculate condition
for $350. I would use it for deer hunting
only. I hunt in florida where most shots
are less than 100 yards. But shots
do come up for 200 and up. Question:
how is this rifle on short range shots
say 50 to 75 yards and what would be
the maximum effective range and last but
not least, do you think the price is right?
10-31-2002, 11:31 AM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Bossier City LA United States
Posts: 2,425
RE: 25.06 ????
A rifle that works well at longer ranges will do fine at shorter ranges. A 25-06 with the right bullet can handle deer at 300 yards with proper shot placement. I can't comment on the price because I don't have my reference books with me.
10-31-2002, 11:34 AM
#3
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: A shack in Arkansas
Posts: 2,029
RE: 25.06 ????
Great gun and a great price if it is in immaculate cond.
i have only had my 25-06 for a year. ask this question in about two weeks and i will give a response to how it performs. i know alot of guys that swear by them.
SOUTH ARKANSAS REBEL
i have only had my 25-06 for a year. ask this question in about two weeks and i will give a response to how it performs. i know alot of guys that swear by them.
SOUTH ARKANSAS REBEL
10-31-2002, 01:51 PM
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Clermont FL USA
Posts: 136
RE: 25.06 ????
That is a great price for that gun. If you don't get it, let me know. I'm in central Florida. The deer we shoot at down here will drop like a rock with a properly placed shot with 25-06. If I were to buy a new gun today, that's the gun I'd buy. The only gun I'd rather have in that range is an older Win mod 70 in .257 Roberts.
10-31-2002, 01:52 PM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
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Posts: 6,471
RE: 25.06 ????
350 dollars that is a steal for an Number 1..the effective range will be exactly what it will be for any other bolt rifle chambered in the same caliber except you are getting the velocity gains of a 26" barrel and not a 24. I have 2 one in 280 and the other in 45/70 and trust me they did not cost me 350 dollars when I bought them. You can get the serial number off the rifle and call Ruger and ask them when the gun was made. If it was made in the late sixties thru the early seventies you have essentially a custom rifle on your hand at that time the wood was better than current number 1's and they came from the factory with a douglas barrel. The last couple of years they invested in their own barrel making machinery and they should be real good shooters.
10-31-2002, 04:11 PM
#7
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Texas - BUT NOW in Madison County, NY
Posts: 6,270
RE: 25.06 ????
That's an excellent value! I had a 1 V in .25/06, and it would shoot less than MOA with 100 and 120-grain bullets! What a long-range deerslayer!!
Keep yore powder dry!!
Keep yore powder dry!!
11-01-2002, 06:00 AM
#9
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: crawfordville florida USA
Posts: 1,251
RE: 25.06 ????
THANKS FOR THE INPUT. I bought the gun
and took it to the range yesterday.
I shot a three shot group at 100 yards
saw only one hole through the binoculars.
My heart sank until I looked closer and
realized i had a clover leaf moa.
Im a happy man.
and took it to the range yesterday.
I shot a three shot group at 100 yards
saw only one hole through the binoculars.
My heart sank until I looked closer and
realized i had a clover leaf moa.
Im a happy man.
