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Jack

I have had good results with ballistic tips as close as 20 yards and as far as over 400 yards.

I used federal premium w/ 117 seirra for a couple of years before I started handloading. Super bullet on big MI deer. They act as if struck by lightning. I'm going to try ballistic tips this year only because I have 4 boxes. If you do use core-lokts use the 120 gr. My self and a couple of friends have had bad luck with the 100 gr

The sierra 117 grain works great in my 25-06.

Robert Petty

Any bullet thats at least 100 gr. should work fine, my personal preference would be for the 120 gr. bullets. Just pick one thats made well and wont over expand to quickly and fail to give good penetration. I'd choose the Nosler Partition, Barnes X, or some Failsafe. Try several and find out what shoots best in your gun.

I found a good deal on Remington ammo in a 117 gr bullet so I bought quite a bit of it for the brass . I decided to use it for hunting because I didn't have time to do any handloads . I have shot four times at deer with it in three years and got four bucks .All one shot kills that never moved ,you can't ask for more than that . Never have done the handloads for it .

Wily, yes the ballistic tip will work well at under 100 yards and
well beyond 100 yards. If you reload, my friends 25.06 likes IMR 4350.
Mine likes IMR 4831. There are alot of fine bullets out there for
the 25.06 like the 120gr. grand slam which also is very accurate in
my gun. Now you need to experiment to see what your rifle likes.

Several years back I got a rifle barreled to 257 Ackely which is about the same ballistics wise as a 2506, and my son hunted with it for several years and now a friends' son has hunted with it for several years. In all that time we have used at least a half dozen bullets in it, and we both finally came to the conclusion that we really like the performance of 120 gr bullets of all types over the 100 gr. The 115, 117, and 120gr bullets have a tendency to dig in much deeper than the 100's and we like that. I know several people who hunt with 100 gr bullets, and frankly I think the only reason they do is because they think the extra velocity they get over the heavier bullets is of some great benefit to them in terms of hunting game. I dont think it is myself, but its like a friend of mine says, It dont matter if something is true or if you just believe it to be true. Any bullet in a 2506 will kill deer, start shooting deer with different ones and compare. See what you think. Have fun with it.