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I seriously considered it as well! Cool little rifle. The 25-20, 25 WSSM, and 256 Win Mag are the only factory 25s I haven't messed with; I should have bought that little pump just to check one more off the list. Though my interest in messing with a WSSM is on the same level as hitting myself in the junk with a ball peen hammer. So I probably won't be completing the 25 experimentation anytime soon.
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For the OP it started and ended at the 100gr TTSX in my vangaurd
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I seriously considered it as well! Cool little rifle. The 25-20, 25 WSSM, and 256 Win Mag are the only factory 25s I haven't messed with; I should have bought that little pump just to check one more off the list. Though my interest in messing with a WSSM is on the same level as hitting myself in the junk with a ball peen hammer. So I probably won't be completing the 25 experimentation anytime soon. I had a 25 WSSM and foolishly sold it along with my dies and brass. Great cartridge, but I chose to keep the 25-284 instead....and recently foolishly sold it!
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I had a 25 WSSM and foolishly sold it along with my dies and brass. Great cartridge, but I chose to keep the 25-284 instead....and recently foolishly sold it!
Better nip that business in the bud!
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I've had good luck in 25-06 and 257 Roberts with the 100 gr Hoornady soft points and 100 gr TTSX. My preferred hunting load is the TTSX.
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The 100 gr Hornady SP WAS always my favorite, but since Hornady has had them " temporarily suspended" for a year and a half now I've had to move on to other things.
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Just loaded 50 100 grain Sierra flat base.. Will use them on a whitetail hunt next mth.. Hornady's also work well as do partitions.. The Sierra's have always been super accurate for me.
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Sierra 100gr. MatchKing.
Shot several head of hogs with them too. Just don't expect an exit.
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100 grain partition has worked well in a number of rifles. Have been impressed with the E-tip as well. My Montana loves the 80 grain TTSX....
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I have yet to see a 25-06 that didn't shoot the 100 NBT well
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100 grain GS Custom HV's are the cat's meow in my Roberts.
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In antique lever action 25-20, I clamp a pistol scope to the barrel and shoot Sierra 75 gr hollow point 1600 [short bullet that can stabilize], 1.895" OAL [too long to feed, must be loaded single shot] with 12 gr LIL'GUN does 2350 fps. I have to keep the pressure down to 28kpsi or the primer will pierce with the sloppy firing pin to firing pin hole fit. That shoots ~ 2.2 moa, which is good for an antique.
For modern big stuff, the 75 gr Vmax at 3500 fps can shoot in the .4s.
But for mule deer bucks, I like the Nosler 115 gr Ballistic tip at 3050 fps.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
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I have yet to see a 25-06 that didn't shoot the 100 NBT well I haven't either...that said I've found that I can make a ballistic tip shoot well in just about anything. I also found that the 100 grain interlock and the 100 grain sierra flat base shot well in my 25-06.
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