.25 Cal (Quarter Bore) / Big Game Success - 25 Creed, 25-284, 25-06, 25 PRC, 25 SAUM

[sierracharlie338]

What's the rifle? My bad if you've posted it already

No worries

Defiance Classic
Brux Rem Varmint 23” 1:7 twist
TT special
XLR element
SWFA 10x (for the time being)

 

[WKR]

Yes I have 306 pieces. Clayton at WTO thinks 900 to 1000 before the barrel is shot out so I should be able to get 3 reloadings. Its a shame as its a laser. 5.4 mils at 1k yards is sexy. I have thought about tracking down another 300-400 pieces so I could spin another one for safe keeping. I only have 129 on the barrel so far. 133 berger elite hunter at 3297 fps since the eld-m wasnt out when we did load dev 71.9grs Vihtavouri N568. I was able to find enough of the same lot powder for the life of the barrel as well. It shoots that good with just necking down and loading virgin brass. I havent even gotten to shoot fireformed brass yet.

7mm Blaser Mag Brass - 50 ct

7mm Blaser Mag Brass

ravenrocksprecision.com

Some blaser brass i seen today while browsing, dont know if you are in need but there is some to be had.

 

[FLS]

First of 2024. Custom Remington 700 25-06, 115 Berger VLD hunting over H1000 doing 3050 at the muzzle .I was hunting the edge of a bean field when this fella and two other bucks came out. 195 yd shot, he ran about 30 yds back where had come from and piled up. Pretty typical coastal SC deer.

 

[sierracharlie338]

First of 2024. Custom Remington 700 25-06, 115 Berger VLD hunting over H1000 doing 3050 at the muzzle .I was hunting the edge of a bean field when this fella and two other bucks came out. 195 yd shot, he ran about 30 yds back where had come from and piled up. Pretty typical coastal SC deer.

Hell yeah nice stuff

 

[B23]

FYI for anyone looking for some and these appear to be similar or maybe even the same as the Blackjack 131gr bullet although I thought the 131 Blackjack had a "pointed" tip similar to the Berger 135's and these 131 Sierra's don't look to have that. Anyway, Sierra as of now has 100cnt and 500cnt boxes of these in stock if any 25 cal shooters are looking for some.

.25 Cal 131 Gr. HPBT-CN - Sierra Bullets

www.sierrabullets.com

 

[The Mahcanik]

25-06 100gr trophy copper last year. Got this guy at 30 yards. And 2 doe antelope at 300 and 525
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How did the bullet do?

 

[RifleDisciple]

I've gotten a couple deer and hogs with my uncles old Rem 700 ADL 25-06. I am using 115gr Nosler BT over H4831. No chrono data. It is shooting 1.5" groups, but I added a Timney trigger and moved over my Trijicon Accupoint 2.5-10 to it and will see how it groups with the NBT's after that. If it stays 1.5 MOA I'll probably just stick with it as my backup rifle for box blind hunting. I just got in a couple hundred of the NBT's since I only got 100 to start with this caliber.

 

[JPeters218]

How did the bullet do?

The bullet did great on him, and the two antelope i shot with it. Vitals were basically soup. However, I shot a whitetail buck at 10 yards that I'm pretty sure the bullet didn't expand. Found a couple drops of blood at the shot, never found the deer. Even with a dog. The buck in the pic was 15 yards, same broadside shot and he went all of 10 ft. So i feel it was a bullet failure in combination with maybe a high lung shot

 

[sierracharlie338]

FYI for anyone looking for some and these appear to be similar or maybe even the same as the Blackjack 131gr bullet although I thought the 131 Blackjack had a "pointed" tip similar to the Berger 135's and these 131 Sierra's don't look to have that. Anyway, Sierra as of now has 100cnt and 500cnt boxes of these in stock if any 25 cal shooters are looking for some.

.25 Cal 131 Gr. HPBT-CN - Sierra Bullets

www.sierrabullets.com

I want to test some of these out but at 80$ for a box and shipping I may wait a bit.

 

[khuber84]

I want to test some of these out but at 80$ for a box and shipping I may wait a bit.

Most people don't recommend the 110smk or the 150smk due to the extreme pointing. If you opened them up some with a wire bit, would prob aid in expansion. Pretty jacked up of Sierra. That's a near direct clone of the 131 blackjack, which they formerly produced, but then didn't fulfill orders, contributing to the demise of Blackjack. 3 years later they bring the same bullet to market, talk about a slap in the face. I won't use em out of principle. Classis case of big company that's propped up by government contracts, eating up or forcing the lil guys out of business, then taking the marketshare.

 

[Shooter264]

Just smashed this Wyoming Goat with a 25SS and a 135 Berger. Specs of the rifle were 19.5” 8 twist barrel, 135 at 3020 fps. Shot was 485 yards facing me. One shot and goat traveled 3’ straight down. Everytime I use the 135 I’m more impressed by it

 

[sierracharlie338]

Just smashed this Wyoming Goat with a 25SS and a 135 Berger. Specs of the rifle were 19.5” 8 twist barrel, 135 at 3020 fps. Shot was 485 yards facing me. One shot and goat traveled 3’ straight down. Everytime I use the 135 I’m more impressed by it

Very nice. You drill the tip or run them from the box?

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

Just smashed this Wyoming Goat with a 25SS and a 135 Berger. Specs of the rifle were 19.5” 8 twist barrel, 135 at 3020 fps. Shot was 485 yards facing me. One shot and goat traveled 3’ straight down. Everytime I use the 135 I’m more impressed by it

Beautiful goat man and well done

 

[Shooter264]

Very nice. You drill the tip or run them from the box?

Just ran them from the box basically, I do run a small wire bit in just to make sure the tip
Doesn’t have any cleaning media in them. I’ve yet to find any like you used to with the JLK’s.

 

[wind gypsy]

Most people don't recommend the 110smk or the 150smk due to the extreme pointing. If you opened them up some with a wire bit, would prob aid in expansion. Pretty jacked up of Sierra. That's a near direct clone of the 131 blackjack, which they formerly produced, but then didn't fulfill orders, contributing to the demise of Blackjack. 3 years later they bring the same bullet to market, talk about a slap in the face. I won't use em out of principle. Classis case of big company that's propped up by government contracts, eating up or forcing the lil guys out of business, then taking the marketshare.

I was unaware sierra was at fault for not producing the ordered blackjack bullets? Any more insight on how that went down?

 

[sierracharlie338]

I was unaware sierra was at fault for not producing the ordered blackjack bullets? Any more insight on how that went down?

I wish there was more info as to what really took place. There seems to be a lot of speculation. Did the partner take the money then no manufacturing runs could be paid for existing orders? Did sierra withhold production and then partner took money and ran? Those are a couple of the questions I have not seen get answered by someone with first hand knowledge.