RE: hunting caliber
I just went through a similar decision making process during the past few weeks (looking for a deer / varmit rifle). two days ago, I bought a Remington 700 Mountain SSin .243. I chose the .243due toselection and price ofammo. 100 gr is perfect for deer / lopes and the 55gr is great for predators. I view the 25-06 as the perfect long range deer / lope rifle but a bit much on varmit.