25.06 and Hornady sst

[Emptypockets]

Found a factory round that my rifle really likes alot ,Hornady 117gr sst in 25.06. What kind of results have you folks had with these bullets on whitetails. I was reading that some of the lighter sst's had a problem with coming apart on impact. What ye say? Yes, no, maybe?

[rfletcher]

I can't say about the 25.06 but I use the 150 gr SST' in my 30.06 at near max loads and have shot several deer with them from 15 steps to 200 yds.  I haven't lost a deer with them and have never recovered a bullet.  They tend to turn the vitals into "jelly" and leave a golf ball sized exit.  To be fair the deer here are small and all my shots are behind the shoulder into the lungs but for my purposes they are as good a bullet as I can ask for.  Also, every rifle I have regardless of caliber shoot them very well.

[Emptypockets]

  Thanks for the reply RF, can't wait to try them on deer.

[sa doc]

Work great in my Encore 25-06. Group about 3/4 inch  at 100 yards  and  kill quickly.    Had tried The Federals with Nosler Partitions before that and the deer ran 20-75 yards. With the same hits the SSTs usually drop them or they only take a few steps.  I shoot the customs, not the superperformance.   Haven't tried the superperformance in 25-06, but in my 270 and 308 they didn't group as well. .

[Emptypockets]

 Thanks Doc. Yup, these are the classics I'm shooting too. Really accurate out of my barrel.    Opening day tomorrow, so hopefully I get to try them out.

[shot1]

The 117 SST will work very well in your 25-06. If anything they are a bit tough for my liking. The Sierra 117 is the bullet that I prefer for WT deer.  It is hard to go wrong with any bullet in the 115 to 120 gr weight in a 25-06 for deer. The 25-06 is just a deer killing machine. I have killed deer with about everything from a stick through the 45-70 and prefer the 25-06 over about all of them.

[Snowshoe]

Shot a 4x4 buck at about 150 yards a couple of years ago with a hand loaded 117g sst, and the result was dramatic. The bullet hit on the shoulder, through a rib, through both lungs and through another rib and the off shoulder. The remaining bullet was under the hide and weighed about 63g. The buck did a nose dive at the shot. Desruction of the entire front end was complete.

[Emptypockets]

 Well, got a good sized doe the other day, and I wasn't disappointed with the results. The 117 sst worked just like you read about (the good stuff). It wasn't a long shot, about 80 yards, but it waded her up pretty good. Just behind the shoulder and a pass through. Couldn't really see a mark on the impact side and a golfball sized hole on the exit. Both lungs were gone. Dropped to her rear knees when she was hit and stumbled about 30 yards and came to rest against a downed tree. If she had been on level ground I doubt she would have taken more than one step. She was on about a 30-40 degree incline and it was more downhill momentium than anything else I believe. These are a great deer round in my opinion.   

[223fan]

I don't know about the 25-06 but the 130gr. sst's work great in a 270.