My best luck with my Tikka 25-06 has been a 100 gr. Sierra Spitzer loaded with 51.5 gr. of IMR 4350 with federal 210 primer.

Try this load.

Good Shooting.

Thanks guys. I just ordered a box of 115 grain nosler partitions. I' ll let you know in a month or so how they perform on deer.

We had used factory Rem 120gr Corelocks for about 20yrs. My whole family shoots 25-06s.

Went to the Fed 100gr Ballistic Tips a few years ago and love them. Maybe too light for Mule deer, but whitetails cant stand them. 25-06 is the next thing to being struck by lightning anyway.

Only 1 deer took a step in all those years. Never did figure out how it ran 50yds. Lungs were vaporized.

i here the 117gr. sierra gameking is a fine round ( from several posts on the sites about your question )but i never had the luck to use that caliber.

I use Barnes 115 gr X bullets in my 25-06s . Tried quite a few different bullets but always seem to go back to the Barnes bullets .

I have used most everthing im my 25-06 for deer sized game. It all works pretty good. I have even shot several through the neck with 87 grain Speers and they dropped in their tracks. It' s just an awesome caliber if you place your shot well....no matter what weight.

Clint