I expect i have kille almost 100 deer with my 2506. Most fell right in their tracks. One nice buck got away however and we found his skull very close by this season.

It is a great round and perfect for whitetail. I recomment a 24 inch barrel. A long barrel can be noisy in a box stand. Only drawback. Mine is on a heavy stock too. Great gun for shooting over fields.

I have one in a Browning SS A-bolt...very fine caliber we've taken deer and lopes with it, either 100gr. Or 117 grain fed or Winchester bullets ... Excellent performance!!!

Ditto.

We were loading 51.5 grains of H 4831 behind a Sierra 117 grain spritzer flat base. They seemed to group much better for us then the boat tails. Never had to trail a deer with it. So much shock it turned everything internal to jello.

I have over 2 dozen deer rifles but only use my 25-06. My last 5 deer dropped right in their tracks at ranges from 75 yards out with factory federal ammo. I do not think there is a better deer round except maybe for the 257 Weatherby

I don't know why anyone is hung up on using 100-grain bullets in a 25 caliber. A 6mm has a better bc. Use the 25 to its best capabilities with the 115-120-grain bullets. Unfortunately, there is not much on the market beyond 120 grains. I'll stick with my 7 mags and 6.5s.

Accuracy tests?...relative to twist rates?.....I'd prefer the 120 grain pill, but the group opens up and a woodchuck at 380 yds needs most bullets touching at 100 yds.

Yep, been my experience. Most factory guns have a 1-10 twist and with the longer bullets they can become unstable.

Notice in my first post i said if they made a heavier bullet and made guns with a faster (1-8 would be my go to) twist, they'd have something.

I personally just don't like bullets in the 100gr. range for deer hunting. Just me, i know you can kill deer with less and i have.

Alot of this depends on the style of hunting you do also. Blind hunters don't need what brush hunters need and then throw in the hunters who drive and shoot running deer.
Lots of variables to consider.

I've never found that majic gun that the deer just falls over at every gunshot.

my browning x-bolt likes barnes 100gr.pills.shoots nice little groups.

Ttt

Y’all shooting these deer in fields where you can watch them drop? No exit for me means no blood to trail. Brush gets thick down here and wondering around looking for a deer isn’t something I enjoy. They don’t make a CoreLokt in 25-06? They always seem to exit on everything I’ve shot. Someone mentioned those Barnes VORTX, those have worked for me in .308. Had to get away from SST’s…yeah they kill but you have to find the deer to confirm, lol.

I had some bad experiences with the 115 grain Winchester Supreme Silver Tips. Shot behind the shoulder and no exit, no blood trail. I see a lot of guys swear by the 115 grain nosler partition but you can’t find them on any ammo website in stock. All say on back order. Like WB, I have to have a blood trail.

120 grain Remington Core Loks anchored plenty of deer for me. Most of my deer are face shot at 50’ish yards in the brush. The round works well in the early alpine deer season and 300 yards wasn’t any kind of issue.

I call it a smaller 300 WinMag.

Mines a savage 110. Working on reloads now. So far 100 gr sierra spbt is showing promise with upper loads of imr 4350. I have a bunch of speer 120 gr flat base and boat tail to try and some Hornady 117 grainers also. RL-19 is looking good too.

My Ruger likes the 117 Hornadys so that’s what I feed it. Seems to work fine

I have an older rem 700, shoot a few animals with it but its got a mid weight barrel contoured and is heavy

I shoot the same rifle. But I shoot 100 gr Sierra Gamekings and it shoots them great. Im a big fan of Sierra bullets.

Nosler 110 Accubonds for a premium round. If you really want to work on the cheap however the Speer 120 btsp has been a tremendous bullet

Anyone try reloader 19?