The 25 wssm is the one out of all of the short mags that seems to offerthe least amount ofdifference/benefit over the original. Ballisticsare virtually, if not totally, identical to the 25-06. And the25-06 doesn'tkick much anyway. TBS,the 25 wssmmust be a heckuva deer round, since the 25-06 is nearly ideal, IMO. There's hardly any factory ammo offerings in 25 wssm, but if you reload anyway and want something different (which I completely understand) then I'd say go for it.