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    .25-06 favorite cast bullet load

    RCBS 120g boolit cast from Lyman #2 alloy, sized .2584 in Lee style push through the bottom die, gas checked and then tumble lubed.
    12g of 2400 and CCI 200 primers.
    I was pleasantly surprised to achieve a 5 shotgroup at 100 yds of just a scosh (1.002") over 1". The rifle is a Remington 700 Mountain rifle with a 22" stainless steel bbl. Scope is a Leupold 4x 12.
    I don't know the velocity, but Lyman's #4 Cast Bullet handbook shows around 1500-1600 fps.
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    Thanks for sharing your load. I will give it a try.
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    My Remington 700 wears a Hart barrel and groups the Noe 258 120gr. FN very well using anywhere between 13 and 17gr of IMR 4227. Gp

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    Thank you both. I've wanted to give a .25-06 a whirl with cast.

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    Long ago I had a Lyman 90 gr fn mould and the bullets shot well over 9grs of Red Dot in my 25-06.
    Duh for letting that mould go......

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    I'm using a P14 303/25 with a 100gn RCBS (PC'D & GC'd) with 29gn of 3031 for just over 2,500fps and excellent accuracy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shuz View Post
    RCBS 120g boolit cast from Lyman #2 alloy, sized .2584 in Lee style push through the bottom die, gas checked and then tumble lubed.
    12g of 2400 and CCI 200 primers.
    I was pleasantly surprised to achieve a 5 shotgroup at 100 yds of just a scosh (1.002") over 1". The rifle is a Remington 700 Mountain rifle with a 22" stainless steel bbl. Scope is a Leupold 4x 12.
    I don't know the velocity, but Lyman's #4 Cast Bullet handbook shows around 1500-1600 fps.
    On Friday 8/12, I shot a .595" 5 shot group at 100 yds using the RCBS 25-120 and this time powder coated with Smokes John Deere Green and the same 12g of 2400, BUT this time with CCI 250 mag
    primers.
    I hasten to add that I only had 5 rounds loaded with the CCI 250's
    So I am gonna load up some more this week and see if that was just a fluke or can less than MOA be the norm with this boolit powder coated with a CCI 250 primer.
    It's all chicken, even the beak!

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check