Thanks 10guage. Interesting reading. The comments by Dogzapper were particularly of note.
GreggH
Those were the main point of the links. Probably other threads out there if you will do a little searching on the www
Those were the 2 that popped up with the keywords that I entered.
10gauge, thanks for digging up those threads. They’ve got me thinking. I ran into a guy at the range who hunts only bc with a 25/06. He was convinced that lighter bullets performed better on deer than the 117s and 120s. Dog zapper is certainly a believer. We hunt at much shorter ranges here and I don't know how much difference that may make but it’s worth a try. I’ll see if I can find a 100 gr load my rifle likes.
I am in the same boat. I like velocity.
Match the bullet to the game. Lighter softer bullet on light soft game.
Even a big deer is maybe 300#, hardly a big animal to me.
I hunt in brush, a 50 yard shot would be long. From the early 80s until the last 5 or 6 years allmy 6mm shot was an 85 grain Sierra SP. Considered a varmint bullet but it has no trouble punching through deer, even on some shoulder shots.
I have used the Sierra 100 whether boattail or flat base in the 25-06, it works fine as well.
I did have a load in a Savage LR 25-06. Max of IMR-4350 & a 100 grain Ballistic Tip. 3/4" or so with regular primer but a Magnum primer cut that group down to around 1/2", don't forget to experiment a little. Never killed any game with it.
