Favorite .257 bullet
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My model 70 .257 Roberts “likes” 100 grain nosler
Partitions much better then the 115 and 129 grain NPs.
Partitions much better then the 115 and 129 grain NPs.
Over the last 25 years, I have 2 gotten bull moose, 2 bull caribou, 1 nice black bear and 1 wolf using a 100gr TSX moly coated in a 25-06 rem. Quite a bit more capable than just for sheep and wolf if in good hands.
I like [in this order] 120 Partitions, 115 Ballistic Tip Hunting, 100 Grain Scirocco II, and 100 grain TTSX.
I shot a Whitetail deer last year with the 120 Partition at just shy of 350 yards....DRT. Bullet Exited. Dave.
I shot a Whitetail deer last year with the 120 Partition at just shy of 350 yards....DRT. Bullet Exited. Dave.
Does the M not stand for match in the ELD line? I think the ELDX is the one designed for hunting so not sure if one will be available for hunting or just the match model. I have heard of hunters using match bullets but I never have and won’t. Quick and clean is what we strive for in hunting.
I loaded Hornady 120 grain HPBT's for a fella fir years for his 25-06 back in the 80's and 90's .
He killed everything with them from sntelope to elk
I was at first a bit suspect about using them on animals , so I phoned Hornady and asked .
I can't remember which of the Hornady's I talked to but he told me that the that particular bullet was made specifically with elk in mind!.
In my son's 25's we load 115 and 120 grain Barnes.
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He killed everything with them from sntelope to elk
I was at first a bit suspect about using them on animals , so I phoned Hornady and asked .
I can't remember which of the Hornady's I talked to but he told me that the that particular bullet was made specifically with elk in mind!.
In my son's 25's we load 115 and 120 grain Barnes.
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- Saskatchewan
I've mostly used 120 and 115 gr. Nosler partitions in my .25-06. Used a lot of bulk Remington 120 gr. Cor Lokt PSP too, from way back when they could be bought cheaply. Never a problem and have been satisfied with all of them on deer. 3000+ FPS Muzzle Velocity, Quick death, full penetration, usually exits. I use larger calibers for elk and moose. More recently I've been curious about the 100 gr. Barnes TTSX at 3300 fps, so this thread is interesting. Going to try them next season.
Right on, haven't spent enough time here to get to know folks but pass along or maybe he'll see that I thought that was an amazing account and my favourite part of that was the line "If you ever have a pressing need for something to die somewhere else this is your bullet." when referring to the barnes, lmfao, pure gold. Not only that, that is a need some have so now they know which to choose for that need haha.
After reading that as a side note, I thought that sort of shooting would be ideal for the 6.5 Creedmoor and factory 140's. Unreal amount of shooting, so the 6.5 for recoil management and shoot ability, plus barrel life, you'd wear out the bee in month, also fighting the wind way better, maintaining more than enough impact velocity with higher penetrating bullets that expand rapidly for short recoveries, and everything off the shelf for availability and also an affordability advantage. Another topic for another day.
25-06 is my favourite hunting caliber. Only problem is that once the 6.5 craze started quite a few of the .257 bullets were discontinued. Had great luck with 100gr hornady sp. Although I’ve never had one pass through they’ve dropped everything in their tracks. 117 Sierra pro hunters were good too but also discontinued. Used the 100gr Barnes TTSX last couple years. They’ll go through a deer lengthwise with minimal meat damage but of three deer they all ran 50- 150 yards. Probably try ballistic tips next.
Really depends which 25. 250 Savage (and that depends on which twist rate it has), its AI version, 257 Roberts and its AI version, 25 wssm, 25-06, 257 Wby, 257 STW, and I saw a 25 RUM a while back that must burn charcoal. So, anything from 87 gr to 133 gr. - dan
it takes some trial and error to figure out your own personal preferences but there is magic for the game your after when you match a bullet construction, appropriate SD, and impact velocity, some really like two holes and running away elk penetration characteristics and don't mind any excess rodeos or longer tracks, others migrate more towards your 100gr hornady experience where because you're not getting exits you've found about the end of the velocity to sd to construction type threshold for the game intended, more guys will likely tend to run happier in the middle somewhere so yeah try those 115 Bt's, you might find that's will give you a lot of what you love and a bit more penetration ability for the non perfect quartering shots
well then you'll never know what you're missing, how a bullet is marketed isn't nearly as important as it's construction type, eld-m are widely used and known to be deadly on game bullets, so are ballistic tips, a-max before the eld-m, and some others from Sierra and some hollow point boat tails have earned similar reps, the animals don't care how it's marketed either, this game is about matching bullet construction with sd and impact velocities for game intended, there's a pretty solid window of performance over a decent range of construction types/sd/impact velocities, some like tough bullets that do a lot of work lengthwise or in the hillsides and others prefer the shorter recoveries of rapid controlled expansion bullets with adequate sd and matched impact velocities...surprised you haven't read about all this yet, or are you trying to get up on a super tall horse?
well then you'll never know what you're missing, how a bullet is marketed isn't nearly as important as it's construction type, eld-m are widely used and known to be deadly on game bullets, so are ballistic tips, a-max before the eld-m, and some others from Sierra and some hollow point boat tails have earned similar reps, the animals don't care how it's marketed either, this game is about matching bullet construction with sd and impact velocities for game intended, there's a pretty solid window of performance over a decent range of construction types/sd/impact velocities, some like tough bullets that do a lot of work lengthwise or in the hillsides and others prefer the shorter recoveries of rapid controlled expansion bullets with adequate sd and matched impact velocities...surprised you haven't read about all this yet, or are you trying to get up on a super tall horse?
Jesus Murphy, your a d*ck. I've read enough of your smug arrogant drivel... off to the ignore list.
When a manufacturer( Sierra , Lapua, Hornady , etc) say that a a particular bullet like the Match King, ELDM, or Scenar is not DESIGNED for hunting and recommend against it, I tend to take their word for it and use a bullet that was MADE for hunting that they reccomend .
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from the guy who steps into someone else's conversation and starts name calling...smh, well here then...
you're a d*ck, with no sense of humour lol, did you see how long the guy was a member? and my winky face? my comment spot on, like surely he's read about this topic by now so it was automatic to think he was looking to wind up and start something, step outside of this forum perhaps and it's as common knowledge on the eld-m for hunting as 'throw a 180 out of a 30 cal is all ya need', heck it did an 1" better penetration in the gel with a prettier mushroom than the sst in the Grendel, it's really common knowledge so just figured it was one of those posts trying to stir a pot, like is gunnutz behind on this or do people actually hang up here on how the bullets are marketed? serious question btw (for anyone, since I'm on ignore lol, get thicker skin, gosh people are so sensitive these days)
and just so we're not fully derailing go back to the culling thread, there was 115 gr ballistic tip, 110 accubond, a swift, a barnes ttsx....maybe read through the comments again on which one was the best killer, over a cross section of animals killed in a short span that would likely be more than many will kill in a lifetime lol, can't get better info than that imo....spoiler alert...heavy for cal ballistic tip....oof
and hasn't everyone read about the Berger guy who had to come up with the orange box 'hunting' versions of those bullets to appease those who require the proper marketing? yet someone was able to ask him if there was a difference and nope...just the color of the box and marketing it, come on...there's way too much info out there to not be up to speed on all this...you guys winding me up on purpose here?
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