Anyone shoot the new Nosler Accubond 110-grain .25-caliber bullet in there 25-06? I will start workingon a handload for my 25-06 tonight. I have 100-grain Nosler Balistic tips & 110-grain Nosler Accubonds sitting on my bench.

Any powder, primer, bullet or load suggestions???

Thanks,

WK

I'd probably start with IMR 4350. My 25-06 seems to like it about as good as anything.

I get the best accuracy with 4350 also...

Wolf Killer,
I've had pretty good results with both H-4350 and H-4831 SC. While I've never tried it in a .25-06 my #27 Hodgdon manual shows highest velocities with H-1000 powder.
Powder StartVel Max Vel
H4350 44.0 2737 47.7 2923
H-4831 48.0 2748 52.0 2937
H-1000 55.0 2936 58.5C 3046

This manual doesn't show a 110 grai8n bullet and this info is for a 117 grain bullet. I hope that this is of some help.

Remington Classic 25.06 and the 110gr Accubond.

RL22 53.5gr
Rem Brass
Fed 210 Primer
COL = 3.244

Mykey,

Very nice.

My best load so far is 62gr of ramshot magnum in a rem case with wlrm primer. I consider this max in my rifle.

Mykey,think I will try your load I liked that group.I just got a 25/06 tikka and have tried several loads(87gr,100,115,117 &120)but really not satisfyed with any yet.The load I tried in the tikka was 110 accu-bond,IMR 7828 (56.5 grs),fed 210 pri.win case,couldn't find my notes on fps but every other load is slow according to book loads out of the tikka barrel.The best group I got with the 110 was .25 @100 and 1.2 @300.
Did you find you a 260 bdl yet? I still keep my eyes open for you.I took a deer with mine @442 yds this past year.
I called nosler to get some loads useing the 110 gr and he said to use the 115gr loads.
Think I have to work a lot more on this tikka to be satisfied with it.

herman,
Still looking! I've come to the point though where ithink it would be easier to find a chicken with teeth than it is to find a 260 bdl .People who have one don't want to part with it, but hey, i can't blame them because i wouldn't either.I was hoping Remington would chamber the CDL in 260 but got disappointed.I'll admit that i'm notlooking as hard as i was but if by chance one comes around i'd definately be interested.

As for the 25.06, man i love this caliber. It's a fast, flat and accurate shooter that hits the target hard. When i startedworking with the accubonds i also called Nosler and was told to use the 115gr load data so thats what i did. I started to try the RL22 first and i wish i had because it ended up shooting the best groups for me. I started with 4350 and 4831 because i've had such good results with those two powders and the 25.06 and other bullet weightsbut this wasn't the case with the 110gr accubonds. I really didn't get but one load out of many combinations that i felt i could work with and that was with 4831 but even that one left alot to be desired. I then moved to 7828 and i just couldn't get any consistency with that. I then moved to the RL22 sincethat was my powder of choice from the start. I quickly noticed that the hotter the loads got the tighter my groups got. When i got to 53.5 and shot a group of 0.325 i knew i was on to something. I went back to the table and loaded 5 morejust to make sure. Ishot those five and again had one ragged hole in the paper so i noted everything andloaded about 50 rounds.I killed 4 deer with the accubonds last year from 50yds out past 200ydsand you can rest assured they perform just as Nosler states,with the accuracy of a BT and the performance of a Partition.

I also have a good load worked up with the Speer 120gr Spitzer and 52grs of 4350 that will shoot under 1/2" consistently if you wanta heavier bullet. This bullet also shoots equally as well with the same amount of 4831.

I think you'll like that Tikka, i have a friend who has one chambered in 30.06 and i haven't seen him feed it anything that it wouldn't shoot with very good accuracy and i'm talking stock right out of the box. It's also a very nice looking rifle. Good Luck! >-------------> Mike

I'm with Mykey on the 120 grain speer hotcore. I had my best success with IMR 4831 loaded pretty warm. A bud uses them for moose and elk and has no complaints.