ORIGINAL: Todd1700
And I just do not believe there is a lot of recoil difference, especially if you shoot the 125 from the 30-06, and the 120 grain pill in the 25-06.
Have you ever shot a 25-06? It has much less recoil than a 30-06. And I also disagree with your comment about it's effectiveness as a whitetail round. There isn't a plug nickel's worth of difference between a 25-06 with a 120 grain bullet and a 270 with a 130 grain bullet when it comes to putting down a deer sized animal. And I have never heard anyone call a 270 a poor whitetail round. You can also drop down to 100 grain bullets for coyotes or antelope and have a very flat shooter on your hands for those critters.
No I have never shot "A" 25-06. I have shot and owned 5or6-including 2 257 WBY. Mags. So I am speaking from experience about the quarter bore. I will admit I have only shot a couple of dozen deer with the quarter bore, but I do know for sure that I was disappointed with the results.
Also you are comparing the quarter bore to the 270. I did not compare it to the 270, I compared it to the 30-06. I am not a fan of the 270 either. But as the other poster, you are also making my point by trying to compare your 25-06 to a 270-thanks for helping make my point.However if you think your 25-06 bullet is constructed as well as a 270 bullet then you are sadly mistaken.
This is the bottom line. I have been deer hunting for 35 years. I have shot a couple of hundred deer. I have been around the harvesting of well over 1,000 deer. Situations will arise, and people get excited while hunting. If every shot was the perfect broadside shot at a standing still deer drinking from a brook-then life would be great. The problem is that there are situations that arise that do not permit the perfect shot, but that do permit adequate shots for a cartridge that can handle the shot.
When I rifle hunt for deer I am strictly trophy hunting.(I do a lot of meat hunting, but all my meat hunting is done with primitive weapons, or my fun rifles). I do not want to pass up a shot because of a miniscule cartridge. Tom.