I am looking for your favorite .25/06 loads. I will be using the gun for varmint shooting, paper punching and WhiteTail hunting. I would like to hear your favorite loads using 75gr. to 120 gr. bullets. Thanks!

My rifle is a pre64 M70 Win. with a Shilen 24in./ 1-10 twist barrel. Here's a few I like and please start a coulpe of grains under these.
1) 87gr. Sierra- 54.5grs of IMR4350--3485fps.
2) 90gr. Sierra HP- 56grs.of IMR 4831--3475fps. This load shoots three shot one hole groups in my gun and is the load I shoot for coyote calling.
3) 100gr.Speer BT- 53grs. of IMR4350--3310fps.
4) 120gr. Speer Grand Slam--53grs. of old surplus H4831--just over 3100fps. This is a great deer load, but not all gun like the Grand Slam.
All loads use Win. brass and CCI #200 primers.

Check out www.huntingmag.com I think down low on the home page they have 25.06 loading data for you.

Hey Sharky,

Don't know how it'll work in your gun, or how safe it would be, but I load 100 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips in front of 56 grains of IMR4831 in Rem cases and Rem 91/2 primers. They shoot into less than 1/2" in two of my three rifles. Works great on everything from rockchucks to big mulies.

"Kills like chain lightnin'"

For varmints, I use the Rem. 87 gr. HP, Rem. brass, Fed. 210 primer, and 58.0/H-4831. For deer and antelope, I use the 115 gr. Nosler partition, Rem. brass, Fed. 215 primer, and 54.5/IMR-7828. My rifle is a Rem. 700 Classic. The 115 gr. Partition load has also shot very well in 2 other .25-06s.

These loads are maximum in my rifle, so start a few grains below and work up.

Thanks for the info Y'all. Please keep it coming!

100gr Nosler BT
54gr IMR 4831
CCI 200 pr
ww case
3267fps Rem Mountain Rifle 22in BBL
Jeff

Here are my findings that worked well in my new tikka

75 gr HP Hornady #2520
56 gr ar2213sc (h4831sc)
Primer WIN/ WLR
Shoots 1/2 moa

120 gr HP Hornady #2560
50.5 gr ar2213sc (h4831sc)
Primer WIN/WLR
Shoots 1 moa (still working on this one)

I've been shooting Sierra's 100 gr Match King with 54 grains of H4831 SC with great results, in a Remington Sendero.
For a lot of years I shot buckets full of Speer's 100 gr. hollow points with 56 gr. of IMR or H 4831. This load was shot out of a Mark X barreled action in a target walnut stock. This sent a lot of groundhogs to thier reward.
I never tinkered with any other bullet weights for this caliber. Never saw the sense in shooting lighter bullets and I'd use a larger caliber for deer and such.
Jim

I have only took the Savage two times to the range but these loads did 1.5 inch @ 200 they are 90 gr. Sierra with 53 gr. of H4350 win. primer.... 75 gr. vmax h-4831 58 grains with CCI br primer