ORIGINAL: nchawkeye

I've got 7 buddies here in NC that bought '06s because they might "Go out west...Someday..."

One bought his in 1952...None have been yet...5 of the 7 have bought a .243 in the past 4-5 years...
Buy a .243...25-06...7mm-08 or even a .270....IF you can afford to ever go out west, you can afford
to buy a proper rifle...

Buying too much gun is a sure way to start flinching...I'll tell you at least 60% of the hunters out there flinch
most of the time...There are more deer lost due to flinching than any other way...

We had a saying back when I played football...Hit them harder in the 4th than in the 1st and they will start laying down....That's true...That '06 sure sounds bad...It can be, I expect the '06 has caused more hunters to flinch than any cartridge in history...There are better rounds for deer than a '06, rounds that recoil less so you will shoot them more, there is no way you can be a great shot shooting a box of shells a year, and I bet most on here shoot less than that...