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Jim: I always found the 117gr GK to be very accurate but was concerned about it not holding together on quartering shots at 25/06 velocities. Sounds like it worked well for you? thanks Hey Pard, I actually felt it was a "pretty tough" bullet on mule deer. Lots tougher than I thought it would be. I saw the same thing with the old Sierra 150 Pro Hunter out of a 300WM on those little Hill Country deer, worked like partitions!
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Jim: I always found the 117gr GK to be very accurate but was concerned about it not holding together on quartering shots at 25/06 velocities. Sounds like it worked well for you? thanks Hey Pard, I actually felt it was a "pretty tough" bullet on mule deer. Lots tougher than I thought it would be. I saw the same thing with the old Sierra 150 Pro Hunter out of a 300WM on those little Hill Country deer, worked like partitions! How I felt for those lung/soft tissue shots. Had runners, not so if you hot bone though. Not talking long shots either, most under 100 with a few over 300. Same at any distance. You could tell they were hit for sure as they generally had a hump in their backs and were running up on the tips of their feet. If lung shots the 100s worked pretty darn slick.
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When I used to exclusively load my own I had great success with the 117 grain Hornady Round nose in both the 25-06 and 257 Roberts. The load components changed from time to time but the bullet remained the same. It was accurate enough for my purposes and always did the job on whitetail deer.
My uncle used to purchase Weatherby ammo for his 257 Weatherby and I believe that bullet was used in those loads as well. It held together well even at those volocities. This was Dober's favourite too !
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100 grain Barnes, take your pick ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/vpeQIVI.jpg)
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52 grains IMR 4831 and a 110 Accubond. Deadly!!!!!
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Problems with 115gr NBT? Suprised. It's been a blood trail machine for me. Won't break great amounts of bone, but it will punch through a single shoulder blade or vertebra. That's enough for deer.
Matter of fact, one of the biggest and oldest bucks I've taken was with that bullet.
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