25/06 Ballistic Tip Loads

[remingtonman_25_06]

Retumbo and rl22 have worked for me in few different 25-06s over years quite well. Retumbo is about 100-150fps faster however and is an extreme powder as well so I prefer it over the rl22.

 

[remingtonman_25_06]

For deer and antelope at distances your talking about,there's not a better bullet then the 115 NBT. I've killed antelope, muleys/whitetails and black bear out to 600 yards with that bullet and never once had any issues. The bullet still has enough to punch through shoulders and drop deer DRT.

 

[FOTIS]

Welcome back Jorey! Nice to have you around again!

 

[Vince]

Thanks for the help all.

I'm going to head off to bed with the intention of going shooting tomorrow. I was also wanting to try a Hornady 117 Grain SST. How does that bullet compare to the Nosler? I'll shoot both, but will select the most accurate round from my rifle that has what I consider the "punch" to take deer sized game out to 500 yards.

I feel better after reading this thread, regarding my selection of the 115 Nosler Ballistic Tip never having used or shot one before. I'm looking forward to tomorrow.

 

[SJB358]

Nice, both of those seem to be pretty good bullets. I know some of the guys on here have done really well with the 115 BT. I have a couple hundred of them ready, just in case I ever run across another 25-06.

 

[SJB358]

Welcome back Jorey! Nice to have you around again!

x2 buddy! How is your 7RM working out? Sucks not being able to receive your texts out here.

 

[Vince]

Well the Noslers with H4831sc didn't work out.

My best load equaled the factory fodder I'm trying to improve on. Tomorrow I'll try the Hornady 117 Grain SST with R22. Wish me luck.

 

[1Shot]

Don't give up on the H-4831 so fast. Take the best powder charge load and work with the seating depth on the bullet. Do a ladder test starting with bullets seated 10 thousands off the lands then seating deeper by 10 thousands until you get 30 thousands off and see what happens. I accidentally found the best seating depth for my 25-06 years ago. I had been seating 10 thousands off the lands and it shot 1/2" groups average. I loaded up some ammo for a friend and had to reset the OAL for his bullet. When I reset the die for my loads I accidentally read my calipers wrong and ended up seating my bullets 20 thousands off the lands and did not notice my mistake until I was at the range doing some shooting getting ready for deer season. I noticed that some rounds that I had loaded before these loads were longer. I tried the shorter rounds and low and behold they shot into the same hole. Seating depth does make LOTS of difference.

 

[Wincheringen]

Man, all this 25-06 talk makes me weak. The 25-06 is the only cartridge I really haven't gotten to work with as much as I want. The rifle I had kinda wore me down some. Might have to figure out a way to fix it!

Must resist the 06 temptation. Must pick up the Roberts!!

They are both great cartridges. I have both, my 25/06 with 115 BTs and RL22 just is not good news for deer and antelope. My Bob with 100 grain BTs IMR 4895 is a real tackdriver, I haven't shot any game with it yet but will this fall.

 

[nvbroncrider]

Man, all this 25-06 talk makes me weak. The 25-06 is the only cartridge I really haven't gotten to work with as much as I want. The rifle I had kinda wore me down some. Might have to figure out a way to fix it!

Must resist the 06 temptation. Must pick up the Roberts!!

They are both great cartridges. I have both, my 25/06 with 115 BTs and RL22 just is not good news for deer and antelope. My Bob with 100 grain BTs IMR 4895 is a real tackdriver, I haven't shot any game with it yet but will this fall.

My little brother was one in a M77 MKII it's a sweet little thing! I need to add a quarterbore to my collection. Just waiting on the M70 FW to hit the stores! That's what I load in his is 4895. I really think it would be a great speedgoat gun with the 110AB @ 3000-3100

 

[Oldtrader3]

I loaded IMR 7828 SSC in the 120 grain Partition bullets for the .25-06 for several years. Got velocities in the 3020 fps range with the 120 grain Partition and really good accuracy most of the time. The load was a little finicky about temperature sometimes and was on the edge of being high pressure. Not worth the trouble for the few fps it gains over modern loads for the .257 Roberts.

Personally, I did not feel that it killed mule deer any better than the .257 Roberts did with the 115 grain bullets. Plus the Roberts was less finicky about loads and holding accuracy in all different conditions. I went back to the .257 Roberts, mostly probably because that is where I started from and it just perfoms well for me, is not as overbore and is not as fussy about loads. Just my $.02.

 

[Vince]

Thank you all for the help.

I went back to the reloading bench and played with my seating depth on the Noslers and reduced my powder charge on the SST load I tried. Next week I'll head back to the range and see what transpires.

 

[FOTIS]

Let us know what you discover

 

[Horsethief]

Rem nickle-plated cases, Rem lg rifle primers, 53.5gn of H-4831 and the 115gn Ballistic Tip make an awsome combination in my rebarreled Enfield with a 26" barrel.

Same combination but with 52gn of RL-19 is also super with the 117gn Hornady BTSP.

I don't have chrony readings but both loads are sub-1" @ 100yds.

 

[Oldtrader3]

The bore to case capacity ratio with the .25-06 is pretty high (over 7.5, I believe). Because of the overbore relationship of this case to caliber, slow burning powders have always worked better for me. The 100 grain bullets shoot well with IMR 4350 but the 120 grains usually need IMR 7828 SSC or something pretty slow to keep pressures down and velocity higher. That is why their were no factory loads for this cartridge until 1969.

 

[SJB358]

I am thinking of starting with RL22 or RL25 whenever I get started with it. Plus, I have had excellent results with RL22 in the WSM's and RL25 in the 264. I am thinking those combo's should net something worth while with the 115/120 class bullets.

 

[Vince]

I'll try some RL 22 with the Nosler 115 Grain BT's next week and see what happens.

 

[remingtonman_25_06]

Rl22 was good to me with 115g-125s.

Rifle should like something around the 51.5-53.5 mark. That's what my records are showing with few different ones over years with 115g NBTs and RL22, 1/2 MOA, 3000-3100fps. Deer killing machine

 

[remingtonman_25_06]

Played with retumbo in last couple rifles. With 100 and 115g nbts, they're never over 1/2 MOA, usually in the .3s and .4s, occasional .2s

Imr 4350, imr 4831, h4831 all work great as well with 100s-115s.

 

[SCRUBS]

My rifle really digs R22 with 115gr NBT, 117gr btsp Hornady and the 100gr NBT. I`ve been told that Retumbo is another good choice for the 115 gr & up. When I get a chance I`m planning to give the Retumbo a try.