The Thompson Venture is already bought and paid for. I paid for it on Friday and it's in the mail now. For, ammo I had my sights set on Winchesters ballistic Silvertips but after doing allot more reading on here and other sights it appears that ballistically it's not the best ammo like I thought it was. Additionally the going consensus is that I need to fire a multitude of different manufactured ammo to find what the gun likes best.

Based on this I intend to order these loads and see which ones hold the best group:

Winchester Supreme Ballistic Silvertip 115 gr
Hornady Superformance 117 gr SST
Federal Nosler Ballistic tip Vital-Shok 100 gr
Remington Core-Lokt Ultra Bonded 115 gr

I got to go down and take a look at where were hunting at in November and while I was told the max range shots would be about 250 -300 yards I found that actually the longest shot will be about 150 yards. The only shots past that range would be if I'm at the top of a hill and shooting down through the tops of trees and other brush (not Ideal). Based on that I'm going with the heavier grained rounds (100gr+). If their were longer shots then I would go with the 85gr loads, but that's not the case.

Can't say which one I will pick until I shoot them all. If anyone can link me some other loads to try I am more than willing?

PS... The barrel length is 22in. Since I could only find one NEW IN BOX thompson venture in 25-06 I couldn't afford to be picky.