25-06 Varmint Load

[elkslayer308]

Hey Remmy, you are an authority on 25-06 stuff and I was wondering how a load of 53grs of H4350 behind a 87 grain Sierra and a Win LR would do for coyotes? Would the speed likely be around 3350-3400? This is what I want a good load using H4350, an 85-87 grain Nosler or Sierra for coyotes. I have a remington model 700 with 24" bbl but it seems to be a little slow. The Federal Premium 85 gr Ballistic Tip factory load is advertised at 3550 but clocked 3395 in my gun. It does shoot sweet but I want to roll my own. If H4350 is not going to make it how would RL22 do?

 

[Guy Miner]

Matter of fact there elkslayer, I'm getting 3340 fps with a 100 gr bullet over a charge of H4350. Rifle is a 24" Rem 700. Accuracy is good. Load is close to max, so work up carefully.

Not sure what velocity you would see with the lighter bullets.

Regards, Guy

 

[elkslayer308]

Yeah, actually, with 53grs of H4350 I can easily get 3300 with a 100 grain bullet and that is actually the load I use in it for deer, the shots here are long and that flat trajectory just cant be beaten. Yet I have been doing a lot of predator calling with a friend lately and I wanted to load up some lighter 85-87 grainers for coyotes, bobcats and the like. There is a bounty on the cats on my ranch. Anyhow, that 100 grain load is sure a good one though. Remmy has a post where his little sister killed a cow elk at 350 yards with a 100 PT at 3300 fps.

 

[Guy Miner]

Cool. :grin:

With the .25-06 I've decided to just stick with one bullet weight, 100 grains, for everything including rockchucks, coyotes and deer. No complaints so far! I just swap to a stronger 100 grainer for our mule deer. Nice shooting rifle. Got the Rem trigger tuned to where I like it now too.

Regards, Guy

 

[remingtonman_25_06]

It should get around 3300-3400fps or so. I"ve shot some coyotes with that 87g sierra at 3400fps and they do a little bit of damage...Not to much of a pelt saver, but I dont really know of any bullets in a 25-06 that are exactly fur friendly in the first place. If 4350 dont work out for you, I would actually look at RL-19 for the 85g weights. It will give you very good velocity and accuracy, usually anyways.

The 100g bullet is a pretty versatile slug out of the 25-06. Kills very well.

 

[elkslayer308]

Is that with the H4350 charge of 53 grs that should get 3350-3400 fps? Yesterday, I shot a magpie in the head out of a tree at around 150 yards with my 25-06 and the 85gr BT. Muzzle velocity is 3390 fps. It is Federal factory ammo. That is why I asked here because at 22 dollars a box for the Federal ammo, I want to make my own. I would just as soon shoot the BT but i have some 87 grain Sierras as well. I get good accuracy out of both bullets. I just want to use H4350 or RL22 because I am trying to consolidate my powders. I do get great accuracy and speed out of 53grs of H4350 behind the 100 BT and 100 grain Hornady both at 3250-3300 fps. As far as pelts go, I dont care, I just shoot them when they try to eat our calves...there is a bounty here but you only need their ears. I think 3350 is fast enough for me, and if we cant get it with H4350, well I may just go to the 100 BT for everything, I really like the idea of consolidating my bullets as well and becoming intimate with the trajectory and performance of a single load in each rifle.