Hello all, I am looking for some good loads to start working up for a 25/06!
Curious if anyone has used 110 grain accubonds and what the success has been?

100 Partitions and Speer BTSPs with 56-57 grains R-22; same bullets with 52 grains R-17.

Been running 49 grains of IMR4350 with 115 Combined Technologies. Extremely good on up to bull elk so far. Thinking it would work well for the 110 accubonds but have so many 115s stocked up that I won't run my accubonds in that one.

The accubonds are holding .5 moa in my 257 Roy though and will get run this fall on some stuff.

my 25/06 likes imr 4831 with the speer 100gr bullet 56gr gives me 3316 avg velocity and tight groups

Ed

100gr Nosler BT's and H4831SC.

I'd stick with the 100's.


Travis

Somewhere around 49gr of IMR4350 has been a sweet spot for several 25/06's using 117gr/120gr bullets for me.

100 Horn and 7828

Dober

I have been having good luck with RL 17 and 100 grain BT's. I am going to try some 100 grain partitions in the morning and see how that goes.

Dink

I've had great luck with 51 grains of IMR 4350 behind a 100 grain Nosler BT.

I'm using the 100g Speer BTSP and the 100g Hornady flat base with a max load (for my rifle) of R#19, Win brass, and Win primers, 1 1/2" at 300 yards. Velocity is 3400 fps+ with extreme accuracy. Deer's legs fly out from under them when hit with this load.

51.5g of IMR 4350 shoots half inch groups in my 700, but velocity is way down compared to the R#19 load.

My rifle has a critical seating depth that it likes.

Keith-how has the 100 Speer BT held together? Ever found any in deer or have they always sailed on thru?

Reason I ask is the 85 Speer BT is a bullet I'd love to try in my 6/06 but to date never have.

Thx
Dober

IMR4350 and H4350 give me 3150fps and 1/2-3/4" groups out of my ruger m77 heavy barrel. IMR4831 gives about 3200fps with 3/4-1" groups.

53gr of IMR4350 gives me 3300+ fps out of my Tikka using 100gr bullets. I typically use the 100gr MK for targets and vermin, and 100gr TTSX for hunting.

Still haven't tried ant 100 grainers yet, but my usual load is;
50.5-51.0 H-4831sc, 120gr Hornady, W-W cases and Fed 210 primers.
MV is 2925-2950 fps with superb accuracy. Rifle is a Ruger MK2, 24" barrel. Tom

Various 100 grain bullets over 46 grains of IMR4064 has worked well in several rifles. This came from an old Speer manual, and shows to be over max in newer books. Neveer seen any pressure signs, and get fine accuracy.

55 grains IMR 4831 and 100 grain Hornady.

52 grains IMR 4350 and 100 grain Speer HP.

Practice/fun load: 44 grains IMR 4895 and any 75 grain HP.
This last load is a lot quieter than full power loads and is
great for off season shooting.

52 gr H4350 and 100 gr partition is the load mine thrives on.

I haave loaded a110 Accubonds with 7828 to around 3160. Have only seen it used on two animals; antelope at 300yd-DRT and complete passthru and mule deer at 120 quartering toward shooter-hit far back in ribs and exited in front of off side hip. Good expansion and must be tough to penetrate like that, and they are also accurate!

works well with 100gr TSX also

Oh, BTW. I've loaded 50gr of IMR4350 using the 110gr AB out of the same Tikka to get a hair over 3100fps. Seems to work OK.

55grns of IMR7828 is my go-to.

I can't believe this thread has languished for 11 years, but it looks like that's been the case.

I've been exploring combinations that just don't "seem right" per the conventional wisdom and bias so prevalent in the world of handloading. My eyes were opened the last couple of weeks when I tried H4831 in .30-06 with 180-grain Partitions. I'me making the switch, and considering pulling down 150 rounds that are otherwise okay...I haven't decided, but with the scarcity of bullets being what it is I may go ahead and do that.

Anyway, I tried some Re16 with 85-grain BTs for the first time today. I'd been using H4831 and got acceptable results but was never convinced I couldn't do better. I loaded up eight different charges of Re16 but only fired seven of them because the trend was for opening groups when I got to the higher charges. These were 3-shot groups fired at 100 yards. Here's how it went:

53.5 / Re16 Fed 210 1.42”
54.0 / Re16 Fed 210 .87”
54.5 / Re16 Fed 210 .80”
55.0 / Re16 Fed 210 1.35”
55.5 / Re16 Fed 210 .35"
56.0 / Re16 Fed 210 .66"
56.5 / Re16 Fed 210 .96"

The 55.5 grain charge yielded 3548 fps and an 8 fps extreme spread. I think that would make for a dandy coyote load.

Might work okay on hogs too, but I won't be convinced until I see it work.

My plan is to shoot 55.3, 55.5, and 55.7 grain at 200 yards next time, and use five-shot groups. I'll report back. Unless it really sucks. Never know.

Looks like a good path you're on.

Could be, sir. I've been down the path to find no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow before. Groups of 5 at 200 yards ought to tell the tale, though.

I’ve had good luck in one of mine with the 110 A/bond and IMR 7977 and with Retumbo.

My 700 consistently shoots 1/2” - 3/4” groups with Retumbo under 110 Accubonds at 3200 fps.

I like 760 for best velocity and accuracy with the 100 grainers and it also works very well with the heavier bullets though I have also had good accuracy and velocity from Rel 26, H 4831sc, Rel 17, and H 4350 which is interesting, as I don't get that same level of performance with H 4350 with the lighter bullets indicating my batch may be a little slow for that weight.

Today I shot these five-shot groups at 200 yards:

55.3 / Re16 Fed 210M 2.27”
55.5 / Re16 Fed 210M 1.83”
55.7 / Re16 Fed 210M 1.52”

In recognition of the fact that my three-shot group measuring .35" the previous weekend may have been nothing more than a fluke, I will test one more time...five shots each at 200 yards with 55.7 and 56.0 grain charges. That's the trouble with a three-shot group, though. You can prove a load to be bad, but you'll never prove a load to be good by lighting off a single three-shot group!

Even if the 55.7-grain load proves to be the best, I think the load will be a great coyote buster for sure

110 Accubonds and IMR 4350

Up for more 100 grain TSX data.

I've had great results with 55 gr Ramshot Hunter and 100 TSX.

Runs just under 3400 out of a 26" barrel.

GE

Thx.

I fell into a great deal on this rifle, so I’m going to hunt with it a bit.

25-06 3.25" 115 gr Nos Bal tip moly 51.5 gr IMR4451 3185 fps chrono 26" barrel

IMR4451 at 54.8gr, CCI200, Winchester case at 2.484", 100gr ETip at 2.658BTO, 3450FPS 23" factory Tikka T3

52.0gr H4831 with a Rem 9 1/2 primer and a 120gr Nosler Solid Base bullet. Good luck finding the bullets these days, though 😉 I never have run them over the chrono, hardly ever shoot the rifle.

Inherited the rifle and the load from the old man. When he found out Nosler was discontinuing the Solid Base back in the 90s, he went around and snatched up every box of the 120s he could find, so I still have several hundred.

Speer 120gr Hot-Cor in front of a full house of RL22 or RL25. Both powders produce excellent accuracy with RL25 giving a little more velocity.