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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: splitshot on October 12, 2011, 10:45:29 AM

Title: 25-06 bullet?
Post by: splitshot on October 12, 2011, 10:45:29 AM: okay, i got some bullets for my newly won 25-06. which should i use for deer? they are both hornady 117 gr., one is interlock and the other is btsp. does it make any difference. i am an average shot. the second question is which bullet would be better for elk or are both just real good if you are a good shot? the third question , what does btsp stand for ? thanks. mike w
Title: Re: 25-06 bullet?
Post by: Curly on October 12, 2011, 10:55:12 AM: BTSP stands for boat tail soft point.

Are you sure both the bullets aren't interlocks? I suspect they are both Interlocks and one is a Boat Tail and the other is a flat base with round nose.......but both are soft points and Interlocks.

If one is an Interbond then that is Hornady's bonded bullet and that will hold together the best.
Title: Re: 25-06 bullet?
Post by: Curly on October 12, 2011, 11:02:33 AM: I just looked at the Hornady website (http://www.hornady.com/store/25-Cal-.257-110-gr-InterBond/) and I see that they don't list a 117 gr Interbond. So, you must have Interlocks. They are good bullets.

The BTSP will have a flatter trajectory than the RN. Interlocks do hold up pretty well for a fairly inexpensive bullet. Just hit behind the shoulder and you'll be fine. :twocents:
Title: Re: 25-06 bullet?
Post by: demontang on October 12, 2011, 12:09:13 PM: :yeah:
Title: Re: 25-06 bullet?
Post by: high country on October 12, 2011, 08:09:54 PM: I would rock the one that shoots best.
Title: Re: 25-06 bullet?
Post by: Biggerhammer on October 12, 2011, 11:32:01 PM: Hornady Interlocks are good accurate bullets, good enough for a friend of mine to plant the current world record SCI California Sheep with. :tup: In the 30 cal 150gr flavor, if it was good enough for that stud ram, it's good enough for anything your going to point it at. ;) I wonder if that ram thought " Damn, I just got punched through the boiler room,
TWICE with those damn inexpensive Hornady Interlocks "
Title: Re: 25-06 bullet?
Post by: sebek556 on October 13, 2011, 06:48:48 PM: I used them for a while in mine, then switched to the SST ballistic tips, a whole Lotta damage :tup:
Title: Re: 25-06 bullet?
Post by: carpsniperg2 on October 13, 2011, 08:08:40 PM: Shoot them both and what ever one tacks the best, shoot them :tup: