Home Forums Reloading Varmint Rifles 25-06 Varmint Loads--75 gr. Bullets

I've just developed 2 great varmint loads for my 25-06.

75 gr. V-Max 0.030 off lands. 50.6 gr. Ramshot Big Game
75 gr. V-max 0.030 off lands. 49.3 gr. IMR 4064

Both loads also shoot with the 75 gr Sierra HP

56g H414 75g Vmax
56g H414 75g Vmax

Above were my best loads with 75g Vmax in my Ruger 77

Ain't those 75 VM's sweet? I burnt out my M77 on those.

My old gunsmith used to say that a .25-06 that wouldn't shoot Hornady 75 grainers needed a new barrel. He used that load to test any .25-06 that came into the shop.

Did you clock the Big Game load?


Travis

My remington 700 shoots two loads under an inch at 100 yards. One of them is 54 grains of 4350 behind a 75 grain v max. Velocity is only about 3400 fps according to the sierra book. I shot it at 360 yards which is the farthest that I can shoot around my house. I fired 3 shots which measured just over 2 inches.

No I didn't have a chance to clock the BG load. I'm guessing it's around 3450 fps. Still room to up the charge a bit in my rifle

My Savage favors the 75 Sierra over the V-Max by a very small margin, and the price favors Sierras somewhat, so that's what I shoot in that rifle. I use H-4350 (56.0) for 3595fps, with no signs of excessive pressure. Fun to shoot, but a little noisy compared to the .221 Fireball.................

18gr Blue dot, 75gr Hornady HP - 2340fps, 0.9" groups
Now THAT'S cheap