Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles Good 25-06 loads

Post your favorite. So far, mine is 55.5grs Retumbo with 115gr BT. Always looking for new ones to try though.

My T3 likes the 110NAB and RL22. 52.5gr at 2840. 58gr at 3160. Both loads 1/2-3/4 MOA with about 1/2 inch difference in vertical POI at 100yds.

IMR 4350 @ 47.5 grains with 110 grain Accubonds for 2950 fps. Very accurate in my M700.

I have two rifles and two loads. Note, I'm chasing the lands on both so I won't quote COALTO. Just figure on .5 from the lands and work your way out.
As for powder, I started at 56gr of IMR7977 and the Nosler 110AB.
In one (the 'blond') likes 59.5 gr pushing the 110gr pill at 3125.
In the other one (the 'brunette'), she likes 60 gr pushing the same pill at 3150.
Loads were developed when temps where in the 50's. I took them out to play when it was around 100 degrees and the chrony measurement of each jumped about 60-70 fps in the warmer weather.
Accuracy has been around .5" for both.

87 grain Sierra with a healthy dose of IMR 4831. "Jackrobatics"

RL-22 with 115 grain Nosler BT!

Any one try RL 26 in there 25-06?

Yes, I too would like to see R26 tests.

Mine is an Ackley so I will stay out of this, but it sure likes IMR7977 so far.

I don't own one but I do load ammo for my hunting partner. From a Savage 25-06.

Bullet: Speer 100 gr. Hot Core Spitzer
Powder: IMR 4350 51.0 grs.
Primer: Federal 210
Case: Remington 25-06
LOAL: 3.100 (2.677 with Stoney Point)

I had to come off my high horse about it being a "varmint round" after seeing it knock down his last whitetail buck.

Here is the data from Alliant

http://www.alliantpowder.com/reload...;type=1&powderid=40&cartridge=55

Mine uses the .284Win case instead of the '06, but case capacity should be close. I like RL17 and the 100gr Nosler E-Tip. Gives me about 3,330fps and works very well on deer, hogs, and coyotes. No worries about penetration on angling shots and a 250yd zero makes hits easy at most hunting ranges.

Yep, E-Tips/TTSX's at Mach 3 plus do leave an impression...

DF

That's about as good as I've done so far with R26. Speeds were easy, but I am having a hard time getting the 3rd to pull together. Those are Hornady cases, CCIBR2's and the 100 ET. Tried CCI250s and they were worse.

53.5 grains Norma MRP 110 AB, 115 BT and 117 Pro Hunter.

R 26 looks promising! Thanks Berets!

Looking at your load data I wonder if IMR 7977 is a little slower.

No matter, I picked up a pound of r 26 today to play with.

I've been shooting .25-06s since 1965. Never found a better powder for 87-120 grain bullets than H4831.

I use 22 with 115 BTBT about 52 gr.

For 100 grain IMR 4831..It is close to max..

I cannot remember the recipe, but I am pretty sure it was imr4831 pushing 87 grain nosler ballistic tips. Uncanny load testing session, all powder charges put them into one ragged hole, same point of impact. Could easily and did put 10 rounds into one ragged hole at 100 yards. One of my favorite loads to shoot vermin with, The only thing better at desintegrating pdogs was the 220 swift.
Chunks for the win...

Did you chrono this load at all?
I'm running the 115gr Partition ahead of 57.5gr of RE25, it spits 'em out at 3266fps in a 24" barrel.
Still testing loads for the 110gr Accubond, RE25 is looking real good with that bullet too.

Cheers.

H4831 with a Hornady 117 SP

3266 fps with a 115 grain bullet in a 25-06 is extremely fast...wow

53 gr of either I4831 or H4350 and a 100gr Sierra or Nosler BT.

85 Ballistic Tip over 57.8 grains of H4831SC. Giving me about 3420 fps at the muzzle and sub 1/2-inch groups in my 70 Classic (24-inch barrel). I'm not yet sold on OBT, but this one seems to fall right in there. Charges of plus and minus 0.3 grains yielded 3/4-inch groups.

110 Accubonds and IMR 4350 powder

My go to powder for the 25.06 is RL22 especially with bullets in the 110-120gr range. My favorite combination for deer is the Speer 120gr Hot-Cor in front of 52grs of RL22. I've taken countless deer over the years with this combination with excellent results. I have some other really good loads worked up with various powders but RL22 is no doubt my favorite.

Norma 204 with 100gr NBTs is magic fairy dust in my Zastava Mauser.

Norma MRP with the same bullet is my 1st backup load.

Vihtavouri N-165 and 100gr Sierra MK is my 2nd back up.

100 gr. Partition
58 gr. RL22
wlrm cap for ignition
3327 avg chrono speed from 22in bbl

To date, 4 deer with only one to make tracks after being hit with the 100 gr partition.

Played with retumbo and 120 grain speer spitzer bullets also, very good results on paper with 2964 chrono'd velocity