Originally Posted by 257heaven
Minor technicality/qualification. There are 80 Gr. TTSX's out there, too.

25-20?.......Don't think many of those guys are going to even think about pointy bullets.


Not really. A blanket statement was made which was far from correct.

There are plenty of bolt action 25-20s for which spitzer bullets work well.

I like Barnes bullets just fine, but they are completely unnecessary on deer sized game, which is the standard hunting fare for most 25s.

I've also had better luck overall getting the 100 grain Matchking or 100 grain Speer HP to shoot really well in different 25s compared to the TTSX. Not that I would recommend either of those for big game, but they shot the best, which was the OP's question.

Somewhat off the subject, I tried 115 VLDs in a 1894 25-35 sometime back. I figured it was worth a try. Shot freaking awesome!

Last edited by prairie_goat; 11/02/14.