Lotsa answers....I like 7/08,7x57 and 257 Roberts.The 270 does kick less but might not be far enough down the ladder to be meaningful to the OP.
Right.
.270, .308, 7mm-08, 7x57, all great calibers, no question.
But if one already has a 30.06, then what's the advantage?
Having watched enough whitetails and mulies over 20 years drop to a 25.06 like they were hit by lightning, whenever I pack my 300 WM into the woods for deer, can't help but feeling a tad over gunned. Indeed, the only reason I do use the big one for mulies around here is that, albeit highly unlikely, if I ever do happen to run into a griz with attitude, I don't want to be under gunned.
The 25.06 splits the difference between a .223 and a .30 cal just about perfectly. And if that bull elk shows up unexpectedly, given a clean shot, a 25.06 will take care of that business quite handily, too.
Okay, I'll shut up now.
