Remember when the 25 WSSM came out? I forgot what year that was, but I still have a gun magazine around here someplace ( G.& A.?, Shooting Times ?, I forgot which), that ran an article on the new 25 WSSM, I also can't recall the author. The article almost made it sound like the 25-06 was headed for extinction with all the praises it heaped on the 25WSSM. I'll have to dig that copy out. I kept it because I like my 25-06 and have had it since 1997, although I will admit to getting a 257 Weatherby in 2018, and I shoot the "Bee" a lot more now. So that's twice now that I hear the 25-06 is on the way out. I'll believe it when it happens, but I don't think it's gonna go away any time soon.