Been poking holes in perfectly good deer since before the 25-06 was commercially availible. It has been my Texas go-to rifle for a long time. Currently using a stiff dose of IMR-7828 and the Nosler 110 Accubonds.
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Pick a bullet weight form 100 thru 120grs, then choose a powder from IMR-4350 to RL-22 on the burn chart, find the load data and work up slowly to your best accuracy. No need for magnum primers, the standards do just fine.
The one I "GRACIOUSLY" gave to my daughter, shoots everything from 100, to 120gr bullets into tiny groups, out further than I can hold them together.
This was a fouling round (low) and two for group to check the scope zero at 250yds with the 110gr Nosler Accubond loaded over RL-22,
Whatever your rifle likes between 100-120 grs. My No. 1 likes the Hornady 120hp. I have had almost lengthwise penetration our big deer with no problems. C.G.B.
As others have inferred, just about any bullet with a lead core weighing between 100 and 120 grains and launched between 3300 and 2900 fps will kill a deer in a manner that is virtually indistinguishable from some other bullet in this group.
The only .25-06 load that I've shot deer with has been a 115 Nosler B. Tip on top of a proper charge of IMR-7828 SSC which propels it at 3115 fps in my longer-barreled rifle. There are only about 200 combinations that will do as well, but it is unlikey any will do particularly better.
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