RE: Friends First Gun
 

I love the 6mm... I would suggest he go with that one.. It is a great cartridge and even though the 25-06 is a good round as well.. I don't see many more boxes of shells on the shelves than I do with the 6mm

RE: Friends First Gun
 

25-06. Just for ease of finding bullets alone

RE: Friends First Gun
 

this is his first and only rifle? of the 2 I'd have to say .25-06 is a much better all around. though of the two cartridges I think the 6mm does what it does bettter than what the .25-06 does, but 6mm rem is essentially fallen by the wasteside, the .25-06 is still very popular. I'd take a .270 of a .25-06. But ya I think the .25-06 is the only choice of those 2.

RE: Friends First Gun
 

While I agree that the .30/'06 is a better choice for elk and moose, with the proper bullets for the job, the .25/'06 has and will still kill plenty of such critters (Elmer Keith to the contrary notwithstanding!!). Use a 115-to 120-grain Barnes TSX or Nosler Partition bullet for elk and moose, and don't take any shots much over 300 yards. The main problem is those small bullets slow down too quickly, and they need velocity to kill the bigger game well.

(My daughter-in-law kills her bull elk evry year with a .243-I really object to "absolute" answers to questions like this!!)