Yeah, you're right popularity/numbers always mean a lot.

Kind of like the number of Lady Gaga albums sold......

One other thing--the first commercialized .25-06 didn't appear until about 1969, but the earliest versions popped up in the 1920's. So the way I see it, it takes the herd a few years to catch on, and 6.5-06 shooters are just way ahead of their time.



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