Help me choose my 25-06 ammo!!!

[Eagle160]

OK 25-06 hunters, I just purchased my first .25 cal hunting rifle ever. It's a 25-06 Marlin bolt off the EE and I will be hunting it exclusively for Nova Scotia Whitetails. I have shot .30 cal mainly .308 150 gr Core locks for the past many years so I have no idea what the best 25-06 FACTORY medicine will be. Not a reloader so I have to buy by the box. Suggestions??

 

[sir_springer]

I used Federal Premium 117 gr. BTSP Sierra Gamekings for about 20 years, on both Alberta whitetails and BC muleys. More one shot, DRT, kills than I care to brag about. Very, very accurate ammo, which Sierra is noted for. Those eastern whitetails, if you do your part, will drop like rocks!

 

[Eagle160]

Thanks man! Price doesn't liik too bad on them either. There is a surprising lack of 25-06 info on the net. Snooped around but couldn't see much.

 

[horseman2]

Hand Loading or factory?

I checked the Remington Balistic Calculator and they have 115 and 120 grain core Lokts at 3000 and 2990 fps.

Both would be good choices.

For handloads I use 120 grain Hornady HP and they stay together.

 

[Pat Brennan]

This year I'll be trying 100 grain ballistic tips and have no doubt they will do the trick. They are very accurate in my current 25-06.

 

[Eagle160]

Thanks again guys, original post EDITED, I'm not a reloader, factory guy only!

 

[Lefty Dick]

Let the rifle tell you what you should use.

What works in mine or my neighbor a block over may in most cases perform totally different in your rifle.

Time for a shopping trip me thinks.

 

[brybenn]

Hornady superformance. 117gr sst really kills
I've had amazing results with 120gr winchester grey box PP cxp2

I tried fusions and in my tests they did not perform well but would still kill a deer

I handload now