My first centerfire rifle was a Remington Model 742 in 308. After shooting a few NY State bucks, I decided to branch out to hunting woodchucks. That was in the early 1980s. I found a nearly-new Remington 700 BDL Sporter in 25-06 at my local sporting goods store and bought it. That rifle accounted for quite a few woodchucks and deer until I replace it with a 243 in 1995. It would have been easy to load it down to 257 Roberts levels. I'm something of a 25 caliber fan and presently own two 250 Savage rifles and a 257 Roberts. I say go for the 25-06 and milder loads. How about the 80 grain Barnes TTSX for a deer killer?
