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OP, Went through trying times with my 6.5 Swede using some bullets highly regarded by others. Unbelievable misses, unrecoverable hit deer. A Schmidt show rodeo, one doe. Went lighter, softer, deer die better now.
Only 25-06 experience is loading some 117gr BT Speers for a friend. He claims good, quick kills.
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I’m going to give the 25-06 one more season with different bullets to see how it does. The rifle is a beautiful A Bolt II Medallion and I love it. The jury is still out on the chambering. I will likely go back to a 6.5x55 if the next season isn’t a helluva lot better.
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I’m going to give the 25-06 one more season with different bullets to see how it does. The rifle is a beautiful A Bolt II Medallion and I love it. The jury is still out on the chambering. I will likely go back to a 6.5x55 if the next season isn’t a helluva lot better. .007 ain't gonna make a lick of difference.
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OP, Went through trying times with my 6.5 Swede using some bullets highly regarded by others. Unbelievable misses, unrecoverable hit deer. A Schmidt show rodeo, one doe. Went lighter, softer, deer die better now.
Only 25-06 experience is loading some 117gr BT Speers for a friend. He claims good, quick kills. How is an "unbelievable miss" the fault of a bullet?
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Looks like perfect performance.
I shot quite a few 100 grain nosler BTs in my 257 Roberts and it worked great on deer. Not sure how they act with the added juice of a 25-06 though The same in my book. That is a tough little bullet that seems to rock deer. Beretzs Have you used the 100 gr Ballistic tip in the 25-06? Interested in hearing about results. Playing with one now. GreggH
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Looks like perfect performance.
I shot quite a few 100 grain nosler BTs in my 257 Roberts and it worked great on deer. Not sure how they act with the added juice of a 25-06 though The same in my book. That is a tough little bullet that seems to rock deer. Beretzs Have you used the 100 gr Ballistic tip in the 25-06? Interested in hearing about results. Playing with one now. GreggH https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/3398100/1
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Thanks 10guage. Interesting reading. The comments by Dogzapper were particularly of note.
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I've had good luck with the 115gr Partition and 115gr Ballistic Tip, I have loaded up some 110gr Accubonds but haven't used them on a deer yet.
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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.
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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.
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this year is my 1st year using Hammer bullets for deer and antelope hunting the Hammer bullets work well and are the most accurate bullet i have ever shot out of 257 Weather mag. Ruger # 1`s and my Weatherby Mark 5 and my son`s same Ruger #1 rifle too . i have also had great results out of my 22 K-Honet using Hammer bullets. i do like Nosler Partitions and Swift A-Frame but the Hammer bullets for me are more accurate in the 25 caliber rifles i own and use.
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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.
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this year is my 1st year using Hammer bullets for deer and antelope hunting the Hammer bullets work well and are the most accurate bullet i have ever shot out of 257 Weather mag. Ruger # 1`s and my Weatherby Mark 5 and my son`s same Ruger #1 rifle too . i have also had great results out of my 22 K-Honet using Hammer bullets. i do like Nosler Partitions and Swift A-Frame but the Hammer bullets for me are more accurate in the 25 caliber rifles i own and use. Now I have to look them up. I’m a veritable googlefoo whiz.
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this year is my 1st year using Hammer bullets for deer and antelope hunting the Hammer bullets work well and are the most accurate bullet i have ever shot out of 257 Weather mag. Ruger # 1`s and my Weatherby Mark 5 and my son`s same Ruger #1 rifle too . i have also had great results out of my 22 K-Honet using Hammer bullets. i do like Nosler Partitions and Swift A-Frame but the Hammer bullets for me are more accurate in the 25 caliber rifles i own and use. Now I have to look them up. I’m a veritable googlefoo whiz. You have a PM.
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Looks like perfect performance.
I shot quite a few 100 grain nosler BTs in my 257 Roberts and it worked great on deer. Not sure how they act with the added juice of a 25-06 though The same in my book. That is a tough little bullet that seems to rock deer. Beretzs Have you used the 100 gr Ballistic tip in the 25-06? Interested in hearing about results. Playing with one now. GreggH A mate shot a red deer hind with the 100gn Ball. Tip in his .25-06. The bullet exited a side on chest shot.
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The 100 gr NBT were all I used in my 25-06 until TSX came along.
They are both potent deer killers but I like the TSX better.
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Looks like perfect performance.
I shot quite a few 100 grain nosler BTs in my 257 Roberts and it worked great on deer. Not sure how they act with the added juice of a 25-06 though The same in my book. That is a tough little bullet that seems to rock deer. Beretzs Have you used the 100 gr Ballistic tip in the 25-06? Interested in hearing about results. Playing with one now. GreggH Gregg, we’ve shot a few with the Federal Premium 100 BTs, Rem 100 Core Lokts and hand loaded 100’s using RL22 for 3300 and they crushed deer. Nothing was less than excellent. I was blown away how well the 100 BT worked, even at hyper speed.
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Looks like perfect performance.
I shot quite a few 100 grain nosler BTs in my 257 Roberts and it worked great on deer. Not sure how they act with the added juice of a 25-06 though The same in my book. That is a tough little bullet that seems to rock deer. Beretzs Have you used the 100 gr Ballistic tip in the 25-06? Interested in hearing about results. Playing with one now. GreggH Gregg, we’ve shot a few with the Federal Premium 100 BTs, Rem 100 Core Lokts and hand loaded 100’s using RL22 for 3300 and they crushed deer. Nothing was less than excellent. I was blown away how well the 100 BT worked, even at hyper speed. Beretzs. Thanks for the response. Going to try some to see how they shoot in the rifle I will be doing load development with as well as my .25-284. GreggH
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Boy, that’s the other part of them, they just seem to wanna shoot great. One of the easy accurate bullets.
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