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Old 01-14-2018, 09:16 AM
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Default .25-06 Berger bullets & loads

I've been reloading X-Bullets,Accu-Bonds & Partions with great results but wanted to try the Bergers. What loads are working for you? What do you recommend?
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Old 01-14-2018, 09:34 AM
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What is the twist rate of your barrel? Many are 1 in 10", and Berger recommends a 1 in 9" twist for their 115gr bullet.
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Old 01-14-2018, 09:35 AM
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All Berger lists is a 115grain bullet.
Since my 25-06 is a final 1 in 11.5" twist tube I'll never run those pills.

Why no love for a Sierra, or a Ballistic Tip?

What's the intended use OP?
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Old 01-14-2018, 09:53 AM
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Default Berger Bullets in 25-06

That is what I thought my twist rate won't work with them. Thanks guys.
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Old 01-14-2018, 10:03 AM
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That is what I thought my twist rate won't work with them. Thanks guys.
My rifle is a custom barrel.
If you've got a factory tube(1 in 10) you'll be fine with the Berger's.

I'm not tringy to dissuade you from trying them, but I don't see why if you plan on hunting with them since a Barnes or Nosler Partition is about as made to order as it comes for the 25-06.....
At least that's where I sit after harvesting 3 moose, 1 elk, and a dozen or so deer, 1 antelope, and dozens of coyotes with my 25-06 with either Partition's or TSX's for the big game, and V-Max's and Ballistic Tips for the coyotes. I did use an 85 grain NBT on the antelope.
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Old 01-14-2018, 10:05 AM
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I would try them anyhow at a 1-10twist the Berger twist calculator is saying marginal results with a loss of 4% of the bc. Only one way to know for sure is to shoot them. I seen chachinga is making a 140 gr .257 bullet, that would be interesting but I bet it won’t be very accurate with out a special twist rate. Swift also makes the scirocco 2 in 100gr.
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Old 01-14-2018, 11:18 AM
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If you are going to try them, then try them in cold weather, at longer range.
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Old 01-14-2018, 11:54 AM
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Shoot them out of my browning abolt. 51.5 imr 4831 seems to work good for me.
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Old 01-29-2018, 08:22 PM
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They shot really nice in my Tikka, but they don't open up unless you hit bone. Shot a deer double lung and it went a good half mile before it piled up. When I opened it up, the bullet went in between the ribs, and there was just a pinhole on both sides of both lungs. Hit a rib on the way out but that was too late. Had a similar problem on another deer too.

They're awesome paper punchers but I won't use them again for hunting.
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Old 01-30-2018, 08:06 AM
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I run the 115 Bergers out of my 25-06AI. Load them up with H1000 at 3350 fps out of a 26" Krieger. Very accurate and devastating results on deer.
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