I am probably getting me a 25-06 from stevens...good price and good quality for the price...at the shop i looked at they had it come with a nice scope but I can't remember what it is called...all I know was that I loved the scope/gun combo they had and they took it and sighted the gun in and it shot like 1 inch group from 150 or something like that...so I know its reliably at least....I will definitely buy all the different rounds i can get and see what is working for it...then I will report back on here....thanks for the past and future advice on the 25-06