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I have a friend that wants me to load some 25 cal, 117 grain SST's for him in 25-06. What would be the powder of choice for Y'all? I have several different powders but have never loaded the 25-06. I can get a different powder if needed. Thanks for your help. miles
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I went with H4831 with mine for 115 and 120gr bullets.
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IMR4350, RL16, and RL26 have done well for me with 110 grain Accubonds and 120 grain Partitions.
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I'm another big, big fan of H4831 in the 25-06. I'm sure there are others, just can't go wrong though with Hodgdons 4831!
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I have been using IMR7977 recently with great luck in two 25-06 rifles.
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Most 25-06 shooters seem to still be using the tried and true H-4831sc.....
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Nosler book max of IMR4350 for me. Sends 115 NBTs or 117 SGKs out at around 3050 FPS at of a 22" barrel. Sub-3/4 MOA out of a couple of rifles.
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Most 25-06 shooters seem to still be using the tried and true H-4831sc..... Used H-4831, IMR 4831, IMR 4350, and H450 with great results in the .25/06 with 100 - 120 grain bullets. Have not tried newer powders because the the old ones did the job.
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IMR 4350 works well in mine. I like Nosler Ballistic tips.
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I really like RE25 in mine, but H1000 and Retumbo work really well too with the heavies above 100gr. For the 100gr pills I found RE22 or H4350 the bees knees for velocity and accuracy.
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For my whitetails, I'm shooting H4831SC under a 117 Hornady RN.
My only problem with this load is that H4831 and 43831SC has a hard time getting through my RCBS powder measure. I made a scoop out of an old 270 case that gets me close and then I top off with a powder trickler. That does the trick.
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I loaded H4831sc with Hornady 117gn SPBT, but then went even slower with H1000. Even better. Same accuracy but more speed. I'm usually not a speed freak but the .25-06 is one cartridge I want to push a bit. Within safe pressures of course.
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4350 and RL 22 are the schizzle in the .25/06.
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I have some Reloader 22, I need to try it in my 25-06.
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I use RL26 in my 25-06 for the most part. Flings 100 grain Scirocco's pretty quick and the accuracy is real good as well.
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H4350 for me in all weights. I’ve played a little with retumbo but didn’t have the results I wanted. Am intrigued by 7977 but I have about 10 lbs of the 4350 so no changes soon I load 117 gr game kings for my son using a mild load. Works well to 250 or so.
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I have used IMR 7828 with the 120 Nosler Partition. So,you could try it with the 117 grain SST.
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Max load of R26 and 117 Hornaday SBT for me this year. The added velocity of R26 is a good match for bullets of over 100 grains. Also going to try Leheigh CC 85s with R16, this load is smoking along at about 3,600 fps.
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I've used H4831 for all bullet weights in the .25-06 since 1965. One of the 4350s may be a close second, but H4831 has done so well, I've seen no need to do much experimenting.
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I like RL17 with 100's, and would be looking at RL26 if shooting something 115-120gr.
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