"Perfect" deer caliber/rifle...lol......

[Gatorbum]

Thanks Evan and I agree. I've never actually found a bad load for my 25. The absolutely easiest rifle I've ever developed a load for. It just shoots everything great. I've never seen a factory load open up more than a one inch group. Very impressive cartridge. Niedner did good.....

I had a 308 Ruger Ultra light that I wondered if I would ever get it to shoot anything. Finally found 2 loads, one light load for my wife and a heavy load for me. Mine was simply a Nosler solid base, 150gr., and 3031 powder. Pretty well maxed out charge I had to compress powder with the bullet seating. This was only after doing everything imaginable to the gun and 3 full pages of a legal pad of loads tested. Actually her load is kind of interesting. I took a Sierra boat tail soft point in varmint weight, 125gr., and loaded it down to just above 30/30 velocities. Very mild recoil even in that super lightweight rifle and the first deer she killed was a 218 pound 10 point at 150 yards. Perfect mushroom just under the skin on the off side. Wrecked him really good and he ran about 75 yards. At full velocities that bullet explodes but keeping it slow makes it perform perfectly.

I cannot imagine a "Better" all around deer cartridge than my 25/06. JMHO and hundreds of dead whitetails and hogs could tell you as well.....heh, heh, heh

Take care

Tony