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120 Hornady HP has worked perfectly for me for many deer in 25/06 and 257AI. Second choice is the 120 Hot core...similar terminal effects, not quite as consistently accurate.

120gr SierraHPBT is good, too.

I got some factory 117gr interlocks sp

Just got the rifle at Xmas time so just starting to play with it now getting ready for deer season.
Just gotta get a set of dies and I'll be reloading for it!

Bergers and partitions

Hornady 117 has been perfict in 257 Roberts and 25/308. For whitetail..

Sierra 120gr bthp game king.Rick.

Joyce Hornady developed this bullet for elk. It will work very well on deer on any size.
John

I have had excellent results for accuracy and deer killing with the Sierra Pro Hunter in 117 grain spitzer in a 250 Savage 1 in 10 twist.

100 grain Sierras out of .25-06. Works well on deer, and even on elk - last 2 cows bang-flopped after taking the sierra pill. Boss boiler room pass thrus - no recovery.

Have used the 100 gr TTSX's in a 25-06 AI for several years on deer with excellent results, will be using same this fall in a 257 Roberts.

For many decades I used the 120 gr Hornady hollow points, it's a tough sombitch on deer sized game fired from a standard 25-06, it penetrates much better than I expected from a stand cup and core projectile.

the thread is the " best " while many will work well the best IMO is 100gr ttsx

110 gr AB at 3250 fps with RL 25 25-06

The 117gr Hornady spire point and 117 grain Sierra GK are excellent bullets. I've killed game with both. I've also had very good luck with 120gr Nosler PT.

25-06
.257WBY
.257 Roberts

110 gr NAB @ 3450 fps with R-22 in a .257 Roy. Still working on a larger sample size of kills, but so far I see no reason to ever change. Kill ranges so far are from 60 yards to 300 yards.

The 110 gr AB was gonna be my second choice if my rifles didnt like the 100 gr TTSX's, have always thought it would be an excellent bullet for caribou, 'lope, deer and pig sized game animals with a slightly better BC to boot.

Hornady 120 HP in 25 wssm, very accurate and devastating on whitetails.

I prefer the 100 TTSX but also love the 100 Gr. Interlock. For the 250 Savage, 250 AI, and 25-204, I use the lighter 80 Gr.TTSX.

Have killed deer with the TTSX and the Interlock and both work fine.

My WSSM doesn't like that bullet...

But 25/06 and 257AI sure do!

I've shot Blacktail deer with my .25x2 which is a wildcat based on the .308, like the .25 Souper, but with a longer neck.
I usually use a Sierra 90gr hollowpoint, and they are DRT. The first time I used them, I was surprised to find the destruction wasn't more, so I continue to use them.
Have fun,
Gene

I did a lot of culling with that bullet in a couple of .257 Weatherby's and was also surprised at how well it held together and dumped animals where they stood.

John

John: that's interesting. Since Sierra says that bullet was really designed for varmints, despite its GameKing moniker.