I like dual purpose cartridges that I can use for about anything. I used the .243 for years and felt little reason to change.
I hunt mostly coyotes and shoot a deer or three in most years. I occasionally pick up an antelope or mulie tag and travel a bit, and the range of fast cartridges from about .24 - .26 caliber hold all of my interest.
About a dozen years ago an elderly friend who had wide experience in hunting extolled on the merits of the 25-06 and lit a fire in me.
I also remembered that a friends dad who mentored me some and who also had a lot of experience also mentioned it as being maybe the best of choices for an all around rifle cartridge.
the rifle that I liked best was not chambered to 25-06, so I had pac-nor make up a barrel for me and send it to Redneck...
It is a gem, And I don't think that I will ever need more rifle
