midwestpredator
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I have a friend that wants to start loading for his 25-06. Wondering what the prefered powder is for this cartridge? He is going to shoot sierra 117gr soft points.
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deaddogwalkin
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I don't shoot anything heavier than 100gr. Mostly 75 and 85gr and I use IMR4831 with really good results and my backup powder is IMR4064.
6mm06
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H4831 is a good powder for the 25-06 and has served me well for the last 22 years with Speer 100 gr. SP's. It's been great for numerous antelope, a few deer as well as groundhogs, crows and a Corsican Ram. It's an accurate combination in my Browning Composite Stalker.
If your friend plans to experiment a little and isn't dead set on the 117 gr bullet, you might suggest the Speer 100 grain to see how his rifle handles it. The Speer bullet is constructed tougher than many of the mid-weight bullets and will work great for a variety of game and predators.
If your friend plans to experiment a little and isn't dead set on the 117 gr bullet, you might suggest the Speer 100 grain to see how his rifle handles it. The Speer bullet is constructed tougher than many of the mid-weight bullets and will work great for a variety of game and predators.
midwestpredator
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he has used the 117gr sierra in a factory load for years and like the way it performed so we are going to start there. This is for a pure hunting rifle only, no paper so he will be plenty satisfied with 1in groups at 100yrds. Im hoping I can get him down to under 3/4in but will see how things go. Im sure he would br willing to switch bullets if needed.
Any body else have a prefered powder?
Any body else have a prefered powder?
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ninehorses
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IMR-4350 in my testing, with the 117 grain Sierra, has been the most accurate. Second place goes to H 4831. If I was starting a work up for a new rifle, I would take a serious look at the new IMR-4451.
Ok, my Remington shot the 100g speer BTSP like a benchrest rifle with 57-58g of R#19, win case with a win primer, bullet jump was .040. I could shoot humming birds at 300 yards with this rifle with a Burris 6x24 on it.
ON the 117, and 100g, I had a custom made with a 26" barrel with minimal freebore. I shot a 100g bullet with a load of 63g of R#25 with a fed 215 in a win case at 3600 fps, all bullets touched at 100 yards, and shot 58g of R#25 with the 117g Sierra flat base at 3350 and this was a MAX load for my rifle.
Please work up to these loads, back off 6.0g and work up in your rifle, I am just illustrated what was happening with my custom rifle.
My rifle was a 12twist shilen barrel, 26" long and the 100g sierra Flat base was the only bullet that would stabilize and the 117g Sierra flat base shot 3/8" groups also. This minimal twist rate, I am sure lowered pressures to where I could reach these velocities. What is really weird was that the 100g load never had to be full length sized while the 117g load had to be full length sized on every firing.
Again, back off 6.0g and work up to these loads in your rifle if you have a 10" twist especially.
The 100g Speer spbt is one of the best deer bullets on the market.
A Texan gunsmith built this rifle for me, and I lost his contact info a long time ago.
ON the 117, and 100g, I had a custom made with a 26" barrel with minimal freebore. I shot a 100g bullet with a load of 63g of R#25 with a fed 215 in a win case at 3600 fps, all bullets touched at 100 yards, and shot 58g of R#25 with the 117g Sierra flat base at 3350 and this was a MAX load for my rifle.
Please work up to these loads, back off 6.0g and work up in your rifle, I am just illustrated what was happening with my custom rifle.
My rifle was a 12twist shilen barrel, 26" long and the 100g sierra Flat base was the only bullet that would stabilize and the 117g Sierra flat base shot 3/8" groups also. This minimal twist rate, I am sure lowered pressures to where I could reach these velocities. What is really weird was that the 100g load never had to be full length sized while the 117g load had to be full length sized on every firing.
Again, back off 6.0g and work up to these loads in your rifle if you have a 10" twist especially.
The 100g Speer spbt is one of the best deer bullets on the market.
A Texan gunsmith built this rifle for me, and I lost his contact info a long time ago.
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SenderoMan
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I use RL19 in both 75 gr. Vmax and 100 gr. Ballistic Tips. With the 117 gr., you might be better off going with a slightly slower powder like the RL22 or H1000.
coyotezapper
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IMR7828 and the 100 grain ballistic tip has always has been good load in my son's rifle.
Tstorm1
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I've shot a variety of 100 - 117 grain bullets out of my 25-06. It seems to like to throw bullets a bit slower than other rifles, but liked RL-22. With the component shortage a couple years ago I switched over to 4831 and get slightly better accuracy. Charge weight was nearly identical between the two powders with 50 - 51 grains. Berger 115 grain VLD's it likes the best...around 0.4" at 100 yards...and no whitetail has gone more that 40 yards so far.
midwestpredator
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Thanks for all the input. I passed on the info and suggested h4831 as fisrt pick but they were out locally so he picked up some imr4831.
Will probably be a couple weeks till he gets some testing done.
Will probably be a couple weeks till he gets some testing done.
Love my 25-06. I used H4831sc for a while but it couldn't get the speed that I could with RL19
Here is a similar thread I started last Winter that has some good load info in it
http://www.predatormastersforums.com/for...535#Post2897535
Here is a similar thread I started last Winter that has some good load info in it
http://www.predatormastersforums.com/for...535#Post2897535
bobcat93
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I have to say I'm with others on this one..I love the 25-06 cartridge..nosler brass, Sierra bullet, Remington primer, and some hodgdon H-4831sc works perfectly in my rifle..I think I've tried every powder that I could stuff in the 25-06 case and I keep going back to the H-4831sc. I've also tried CCI, win, primers And had the best results with Remington primers..for what it's worth..