.25 Cal Hunting Bullet = Regular Twist

[wildwilderness]

What are you getting for muz

View attachment 1019213Hammer 92HH or 90AH.

How fast are those going?

 

[cbuck516]

What are you getting for muz

How fast are those going?

That is 3450fps MV with the 92HH. I loaded the 90AH at 3200fps in my 18” 25CM, but haven’t killed anything with that one yet.

 

[Castle Rock]

100 grain ballistic tip

 

[Unclecroc]

90. Absolute Hammers

 

[FredH]

115 gr. Ballistic Tips. If your rifle likes that bullet you really don't need any other.

 

[Comerade]

Geezer here
I have used a 25/06 on Elk and Moose hunts with good success.
On one hunt in 1980, which was a solo late season hunt, I shot and killed a Bull Moose at 200+ yards . Broadside
I used a single, 120 grain Nosler Partition and this bullet cemented my belief in this bullet and newly acquired model 700 rifle. Since I have not seen a N.P. bullet failure- textbook results

 

[Kaleb]

Maybe dated info but I had my wife a 250AI built for her graduation present in 2010 based on Steve Timm's recommendation. He had his wife set up with one for a very long time and she killed way more stuff with it than I ever would. He said she mostly shot the blue meanies she called them. 100gr NBT. That's all I've ever loaded for my wife's rifle and while we've she's never shot a bear she's never had to shoot twice at a deer. Pretty bad little bullets for normal hunting distances.

 

[hounddogman]

When I was 16 years old I bought a Ruger # 1 in 25-06 with a 26 inch barrel as my one do it all rifle and proceeded to shoot the barrel out. Most of that shooting was with the Hornady 117 Inter-lock btsp. That bullet never failed to kill whatever I hit with it including cow elk. But it was a little messy sometimes. Eventually I got a chronograph and found out my load was " only" doing 3000 fps even with a 26 inch barrel. Basically a 257 Roberts . Of course I had to work up a faster load, even though 3000 fps had been working fine for years.

 

[Kaleb]

When I was 16 years old I bought a Ruger # 1 in 25-06 with a 26 inch barrel as my one do it all rifle and proceeded to shoot the barrel out. Most of that shooting was with the Hornady 117 Inter-lock btsp. That bullet never failed to kill whatever I hit with it including cow elk. But it was a little messy sometimes. Eventually I got a chronograph and found out my load was " only" doing 3000 fps even with a 26 inch barrel. Basically a 257 Roberts . Of course I had to work up a faster load, even though 3000 fps had been working fine for years.

my first custom rifle was a 25-06. It shot 100gr nbt and 100gr Sierras amazingly well. Maybe the most accurate rifle I've had in the last 15-20 years. My uncle got a chronograph and I found out I was only shooting 3150. I messed with it and messed with it. eventually rechambering to 25-06AI. I never got the velocity I wanted and ended up rebarreling it. If I would have known then what I know now I'd have left it alone and just killed stuff with it. I still kick myself sometimes but I learn more from my screw ups than the things I get right.

 

[6mm Remington]

110 gr. Accubond or 120 gr. Partition. Cannot go wrong with either one.

 

[hounddogman]

my first custom rifle was a 25-06. It shot 100gr nbt and 100gr Sierras amazingly well. Maybe the most accurate rifle I've had in the last 15-20 years. My uncle got a chronograph and I found out I was only shooting 3150. I messed with it and messed with it. eventually rechambering to 25-06AI. I never got the velocity I wanted and ended up rebarreling it. If I would have known then what I know now I'd have left it alone and just killed stuff with it. I still kick myself sometimes but I learn more from my screw ups than the things I get right.

Exactly. It sounds like I am in like company here. I rebarreled my 25- 06 to a wildcat 30- 8mm Magnum AI and hated it. Should have just done a new 25-06 barrel or maybe the 257 Weatherby I always wanted.

 

[ktm450]

Thank you all! My .25-06 (Remington custom, wood stocked, heavy barrel) likes the 115 NBT, so that should be a contender.

 

[Elk Wallow]

My 25.06 loves 100 gr. Ttsx from Barnes. I’ve killed a pile of deer and antelope with them.

 

[Sandhills]

Exactly. It sounds like I am in like company here. I rebarreled my 25- 06 to a wildcat 30- 8mm Magnum AI and hated it. Should have just done a new 25-06 barrel or maybe the 257 Weatherby I always wanted.

That sounds mean in more ways than one and I'm still curious about it.

 

[hounddogman]

That sounds mean in more ways than one and I'm still curious about it.

So the guy that built it called it the 300 BGS , Bill's Gun Shop . There was two ways to get brass , use 8 mm Remington Mag and neck it down to 30 cal . then turn the neck and fire form to make a straight case and 40 degree shoulder or just shoot 300 Weatherby in it. Weatherby brass was a little short. The rifle was a Ruger # 1 with a Boots Obermeyer 1 in 11 barrel at 28 inches. It was capable of 3400 fps with a 180 grain bullet with short brass life or a 200 at 3200 fps. I played with some 110 grain Barnes solids at 4000 fps but never got a shot at a coyote with them. Mostly I just didn't like the belted case .

 

[Sandhills]

So the guy that built it called it the 300 BGS , Bill's Gun Shop . There was two ways to get brass , use 8 mm Remington Mag and neck it down to 30 cal . then turn the neck and fire form to make a straight case and 40 degree shoulder or just shoot 300 Weatherby in it. Weatherby brass was a little short. The rifle was a Ruger # 1 with a Boots Obermeyer 1 in 11 barrel at 28 inches. It was capable of 3400 fps with a 180 grain bullet with short brass life or a 200 at 3200 fps. I played with some 110 grain Barnes solids at 4000 fps but never got a shot at a coyote with them. Mostly I just didn't like the belted case .

So basically when it boils down it's a 300 H&H Ackley improved? Boy it sounds like it'd turn a coyote inside out

 

[hounddogman]

So basically when it boils down it's a 300 H&H Ackley improved? Boy it sounds like it'd turn a coyote inside out

Yep, I'm pretty sure the same basic case has been done a 100 times with a 100 different names in the last 100 years.