reloading rifle shells bullets
What do you recommend as the best powder for reloading 25-06 high-power rifle shells?

I usually shoot 117/120 grain bullets for deer. I see I’ve got a box of 100 grain bullets, how do you think they’d work for deer? Are they too light or does it just come down to shot placement? Thanks for your answers.

The 100gr bullets can be a little too soft at close range where velocities are still very high. Under these conditions they kill like a bolt of lightening when put into the chest with out having to go through the shoulder. but the shoulder can put up enough resistance to a conventional cup & core design to destroy it before it gets into the chest cavity. A Nosler Partition or Barnes TSX would blow through like it wasn’t there and cause clean kills just as if they were behind the shoulder.

The various 4350 powders and ReLoader 17 & 19 are good choices for bullets of 85-120gr in a .25-06 Rem. IMR-4831, Hodgdon 4831, ReLoader 22 can be slightly better with bullets weighing 110grs and up.

Buy a couple of reloading manuals. Preferably the ones put out by the manufacturers of the bullets you are loading. Also get a current Lyman reloading manual as they cover a wide range bullets and powders with excellent data. Between all of those you can get an idea of what is likely to be the better choices to start working up loads with.