I’d take a Win FW, Ruger Hawkeye, or Kimber 84M in .308 or .30-06 as an all around rifle for sure.

My good buddy has a .25-06 and posed the same question when he decided he wanted to kill a black bear. I told him I’d never argue with a man who wanted to buy a new rifle but that with a 115- or 120-Gr Nosler Partition that it’s work on black bear or even elk just fine.


He ended up buying a Ruger Hawkeye .308 Win here, but as confident as he is w/ that .25-06 I don’t know it’ll get much use. We’ll see maybe he’ll enjoy the .308 just as much.