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What no love for the Hornady 120 Gr HP?
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Great bullet. But my supply is running low and our friends at Hornady haven't seen fit to make any in a LONG time!
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I have about a hundred left. They shoot well in my Savage and in my buddy's Encore. They are a strong bullet that levels deer.
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The 120gn Hornady HPBT was developed for elk so deer are no problem.
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The 117 grain Sierra Pro Hunter works well for me.
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This will be the first year in several years that I have NOT used a 25-06 as my go to rifle.
In 2013, I took a rag bull and a cow elk, 3 antelope and a mule deer buck with the 110 accubond.
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The 120gn Hornady HPBT was developed for elk so deer are no problem. I didn't know that but it makes sense. Somebody at the range once told me it was designed for the 257 Weatherby but I dunno, I've heard all kinds o stuff at the range over the years . It's a good bullet though, always shot well for me.
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The 115 NPT is real good for VA Whitetails. The 115 VLD is like the Vulcan death ray in my 257wby. Check out this site from some fellow hunters in OZ http://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledgebase/.25-06+Remington.htmlGood luck and shoot straight Bob
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Nosler 115 gr BT
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100 gr part over imr4831 has been my go to for 20 years. WI whitetails drop very quickly indeed.
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The 75 grain Sierra or Hornady makes a feral cat rifle without peer.
I like to do my hunting BEFORE I pull the trigger! There is only one kind of dead, but there are many different kinds of wounded.
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I've seen the 100 grain Ballistic Tip exit on big cow elk. Wouldn't give a second thought to going after the biggest mule deer or whitetail around with said bullet. Amen, I'm a big fan of BT's and there's no need to go with the heaviest one you can find. I once took a calf elk at 260 yards with a 90 gr hollow point from a 25-06. I wouldn't recommend it, but circumstances at the time made it the only option. that bullet entered high and exited low (high angle shot) behind the shoulder. piled it up right there.
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110 Accubond out of my 25/06ai.....flattens deer....
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I have the 25-06 reamer, but have not used it yet. The 257 Roberts Ackley Improved, I have 13 years range experience.
75 gr Vmax 0.75" 5 shots average at 100 yards. 100 gr HNDY SP 1.0" 5 shots average at 100 yards. 115 gr 1.25" 5 shot average at 100 yards.
I killed (4) mule deer between 50 and 400 yards with the 115 gr Nos Bal Tip 3050 fps muzzle. All bang flop.
I think the reason I have better stopping power with the 257 than the 7mmRemMag, is that I aim better with the little 257.
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117gr Hornady Interlock. 117gr Sierra Pro Hunter GK 115gr Nosler Partition 100gr Barnes TTSX
Have killed game with all of the above. I keep coming back to the 117gr Hornady Spire Point in everything but the 257WBY.
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117 Sierra Game King for a 25-06. 115 Berger Over IMR 7828 in a Ackleyed version. Never had a deer get out of its tracks with the Bergers!
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The 75 grain Sierra or Hornady makes a feral cat rifle without peer. The 87gn Hornady, as the preferred bullet of Roy E, is also a very good performer in the .25/06. I can regularly get .5-6 MOA 5 shot groups in my rifle and the riles I am sure can do better than that. Velocity averages 3619fps in the 26" tube. John
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Used 87gr Sierras back in the late 70s and through the late 80s, as my varmint bullet in the 25-06. Made some pretty spectacular "splashes" on woodchucks, out around 300 yards and farther.
Switched to 100gr Btips when they came out and that's been the "do it all" bullet for varmints and deer, ever since.
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I stuck a bunch of IMR4831 behind some 100gr NBTs yesterday for my dad. It's his favorite load and has killed a ton of animals in the last 15 years.
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