I've settled with a deer load now in my 25/06 after trying several types of bullets and powder. The problem is I don't want to stop loading for her so I'm going to work on a varmitting/plinking load. I wan't to keep it cheap so I've decided to order box of each to work with.

Of course the idea is to settle with witch ever shoots better but I was wondering wicth one is a better bullet for coyotes? Is the TNT too explosive for yotes? The larger pred type varmints are what I'm after.

Feel free to share some loads with me if you have any.

If your goal is just to make coyotes dead( an admirable goal ) shoot witchever the rifle likes best they will both kill em graveyard dead! If you'd like to have a little hair left and maybe a nice tanned hide to hang in your gun room, or especially if you'd like to sell em they both stink! They'll tear a coyote half into. For poppin chucks and such in a dramatic fashion they are both Great! My personal favorite is the V Max's, shoot a lot of em in a lot of guns. TNT's haven't been as accurate for me but their price is right. I like Hornadys and Sierras for the same reason. One cation with a .25-06, don't get carried away in heavy varmint situations ( like a pararie dog town ) and melt it, they generate a lot of heat and it's easy to cook a good rifle. Great gun!---Shoot Safe---montdoug

Have never used TNT but I've used 6.5mm V-max on paper to achieve 3/4 MOA results. Not exactly .257 but shows they can be accurate.
TNT's are designed to explode on varmint so it's useful when trying to detonate a coyote. TNT's are thin jacketed so they can't be pushed too fast, a typical situation for large capacity/small bore cartridge like 25-06.

Pyrotek
From British Columbia

Boileroom;
I've used both in my 25/06 and they worked well but the V-max to me is the better choice and more accurate at longer ranges, at 100 yards you won't see a real big difference in accuracy but farther out the V-max out performs the TNT.

boileroom, A V-Max load I like is 58.0 grains of H4831sc and a CCI-250 primer behind the 75 VMAX. I'm getting .2-.3's out of my 2506 with that one. The rifle is listed in the classifieds here under the post "custom 25-06 all the bells and whistles". GHD

I ordered a box of V-Max yesterday. I asked about the TNT and my supplier has to special order them from Alberta so I passed.

GHD

Thanks for the pet load. I'll have to try that.

I haven't shot the TNTs in my .25-06 but I've shot Sierra 75 gr HP and 75 gr V-max and I prefer the V-max for accuracy and expansion. Haven't put any into a yote but they make a huge mess out of a PD at any range.

My wife and I use both and they both work extremely well. I'd tell you to use the one that your rifle(s) like best.

Good Hunting, "Z"

I don't see any reason to look any farther.

Today I tried my first V-max loads. I started with working up to the listed max of IMR4350 and went with their col.

Most groups were moa or less from my out of the box A-bolt. With some tinkering I think I'll do really well. I'm going to give RL15 a try also. I don't have any H4831 but I still wan't to give that a try.