I had a 25-06 and used it for deer for several years until I burned out the barrel and had it rebarrelled and chambered to 25-284 just for my curiosity. I was never real impressed with the performance of the 25-06 compared to other rifles I have for deer hunting so it was sitting in the safe a lot. Even with 100 and 120 grain partitions, it shot well but terminal effects were not impressive IMO....
Now that I'm thinning the herd a bit, the 25-284 is also for sale as I just have too many overlapping rifles these days and need to concentrate on a couple for a change...
Hard to believe a 308 would be too much recoil... I would have to believe it comes down to crappy stock design as 308 really isn't in the painful end of recoil with the proper stock design, recoil pad, and loads....
Bob
