No one can fore see the future; I also can't see that the 25.06 needed improvement. I will claim this as a fact that I am sure is true. Take a 25wssm to a gun show and a 25.06 to a gunshow and try to trade both of them in on a new gun. I would bet that you will come home with the 25wssm or you lose money trying to get rid of it. Am I wrong with this statement? BTW, I study gunbroker all the time and wheel and deal in guns.