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<blockquote data-quote="Hunter 257W" data-source="post: 5007562" data-attributes="member: 12277"><p>I used the 115 and 120 grain Nosler Partitions for all but one of my deer kills in the 25-06. I wanted a controlled expansion design in case I had an unexpected close up shot being that the 25-06 is a fairly high velocity round and bullets are light to begin with. I did use a 115 grain Ballistic Tip on one doe and the shot was about 50 yards - broadside behind the shoulder - instant drop with an exit. The Partitions gave several instant drops too with behind the shoulder hits. I think the tips blow up much like a varmint bullet to give shock but then the base always exited for me. Sort of a best of both worlds bullet. </p><p></p><p>When I got the 257 Weatherby the focus was on the flattest shooting load for real long range to take advantage of the larger case so I wanted a higher BC than Partitons offered. Of course the higher velocity meant that controlled expansion was even more important so I tried both the 100 grain Barnes TTSX and 120 grain Speer Grand Slam. Both loads shot .6 moa so I have never tried another bullet in the rifle in spite of having others on the loading bench for that purpose. I happened to have the TTSX with me when shooting the 1st deer with the 257W and it worked well so I just never hunted with the Speer anymore. I've killed a bunch of deer with the TTSX though and can say with confidence that it works very well. Have shot deer from about 35 yards out to 400 yards and it opens well and does good damage without excessively ruining meat. I can think of 5 deer shot at 300 yards and beyond so I now have good confidence that such a hard bullet will expand at least at the velocity I'm starting them at. 3,590 ft/sec at muzzle. Not sure how they would work with the 257 Roberts but I think if it were me, I'd go with the lighter TTSX in that cartridge. I think it's a 80 grain.</p><p></p><p>One particular deer demonstrated how well the TTSX could penetrate. It was a 1 1/2 year old buck at about 175 yards. He was quartering towards me and I shot just behind the shoulder with the offside hip in the bullets intended path. It penetrated the full body length and completely shattered the pelvis. The buck dropped like lighting had struck it and never even kicked.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hunter 257W, post: 5007562, member: 12277"] I used the 115 and 120 grain Nosler Partitions for all but one of my deer kills in the 25-06. I wanted a controlled expansion design in case I had an unexpected close up shot being that the 25-06 is a fairly high velocity round and bullets are light to begin with. I did use a 115 grain Ballistic Tip on one doe and the shot was about 50 yards - broadside behind the shoulder - instant drop with an exit. The Partitions gave several instant drops too with behind the shoulder hits. I think the tips blow up much like a varmint bullet to give shock but then the base always exited for me. Sort of a best of both worlds bullet. When I got the 257 Weatherby the focus was on the flattest shooting load for real long range to take advantage of the larger case so I wanted a higher BC than Partitons offered. Of course the higher velocity meant that controlled expansion was even more important so I tried both the 100 grain Barnes TTSX and 120 grain Speer Grand Slam. Both loads shot .6 moa so I have never tried another bullet in the rifle in spite of having others on the loading bench for that purpose. I happened to have the TTSX with me when shooting the 1st deer with the 257W and it worked well so I just never hunted with the Speer anymore. I've killed a bunch of deer with the TTSX though and can say with confidence that it works very well. Have shot deer from about 35 yards out to 400 yards and it opens well and does good damage without excessively ruining meat. I can think of 5 deer shot at 300 yards and beyond so I now have good confidence that such a hard bullet will expand at least at the velocity I'm starting them at. 3,590 ft/sec at muzzle. Not sure how they would work with the 257 Roberts but I think if it were me, I'd go with the lighter TTSX in that cartridge. I think it's a 80 grain. One particular deer demonstrated how well the TTSX could penetrate. It was a 1 1/2 year old buck at about 175 yards. He was quartering towards me and I shot just behind the shoulder with the offside hip in the bullets intended path. It penetrated the full body length and completely shattered the pelvis. The buck dropped like lighting had struck it and never even kicked. [/QUOTE]
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