25-06 ACKLEY IMPROVED

[stacy]

Does anybody still shoot the 25-06 Ackley other than myself.

 

[Nutjob]

Stacy,


You are not alone.

My 25-06 Ackley has been my main deer rifle for the past 3 years. Performance has been very good with both the 110 Accubond and Berger 115 Hunting VLD. The Accubond was pushed at 3450+ with RL17 and the Berger @ 3420 with Retumbo ( 25.5" Lilja 3 groove ). The rifle is a joy to shoot with stellar accuracy, low recoil and excellent performance on deer from 50 to 700+ yards.

My buddy has a near twin to my rifle but with a 24 inch Lilja. He has been using the 100 grain Barnes TTSX at 3550 using RL22 with excellent results as well.

There is nothing not to recommend this cartridge, especially for deer. I love it!

Russ

 

[stacy]

Thanks Russ
HEY man I love that cartridge my rifle rem700 w/26'' barrel gun that shoots 85gr fowlers at 3750fps and is bad on what ever it comes in contact with.I don't have but about 400 of those bullets left just wondering what other guys where shooting bullet wise.I have some berger 115gr I'M going to try................

THANKS STACY

 

[texote]

Anyone shooting lighter bullets like the sbk 90gr outta a regular 25-06? Everything online is for 100s or heavier. mostly the 115s

 

[people]

My Grandpa shoots the 25-06AI. Back in the late 50’s when he got his rifle he only shoot the 87gr speer soft point. They no longer make that bullet so he shoots the 85gr BT. Same rules apply for both bullets. Do not hit anything with that bullet before the deer and you will be fine. He is also on his second tube. It took him about 50 years to shoot it out. The kill to shot fired has to be close to 1:1.

 

[civil82]

I still use the AI. Nothing light, though. 100 NBT and Re-22 or 115VLD and Retumbo.

 

[stacy]

I'M GLAD THERE SOME STILL SHOOTING THIS FINE CARTRIDGE THANKS FELLOWS.............

 

[Nomosendero]

Stacy,


You are not alone.

My 25-06 Ackley has been my main deer rifle for the past 3 years. Performance has been very good with both the 110 Accubond and Berger 115 Hunting VLD. The Accubond was pushed at 3450+ with RL17 and the Berger @ 3420 with Retumbo ( 25.5" Lilja 3 groove ). The rifle is a joy to shoot with stellar accuracy, low recoil and excellent performance on deer from 50 to 700+ yards.

My buddy has a near twin to my rifle but with a 24 inch Lilja. He has been using the 100 grain Barnes TTSX at 3550 using RL22 with excellent results as well.

There is nothing not to recommend this cartridge, especially for deer. I love it!

Russ

I guess I need to try those 115 Bergers on Game