Excellent deer and pronghorn round. I have a Smith & Wesson 1500 in 25-06. This is one of the few rifles I own that I quit reloading for. I shoot 115 gr. Winchester Ballistic Silver-Tips out of mine. I shoot nice little 3/8" 3-shotgroups at 100 yards with this rifle. I would choose a bullet of 115-120 grains for deer hunting unless you want to try the new 110 gr. Accubond load or the 100 Barnes X load available from Federal. My rifle hated the Barnes load and shot 3" groups at 100 with that load.