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Keep the 6.5. If you have to ask that question it won't matter anyway and you'll free up the 25-06 for somebody that can appreciate the difference.
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Sell the Harley, buy a Moto Guzzi...3x the bike for 1/2 the cost...and keep all the rifles.
Yes, I own a 25/06, rifles with Douglas barrels, and a Moto Guzzi (it has been in 30+ states...). But, I don't have a wife...
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I like both, but prefer the 6.5 because it will handle a larger range of bullet weights...and it's a metric.
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Sell the Harley, buy a Moto Guzzi He's not gay, bud... 
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David - Yes. Was here with SAC in the mid'60's and relocated back.
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Homestead is cool.
Moto Guzzi, not so much.
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I have matching Tikka T3s one blue in 6.5X55, the other stainless in 25-06.
Which would you keep for your deer killer?
I have some dies and Lapua brass for the 6.5, lots of 06 brass to make 25-06. I'm swimming in 6.5 bullets for momma's 260, and have 400-odd Hornady 100 grain spire-points I got from Midway as factory seconds, plus Barnes TSX in both calibers.
Merits or demerits on both?
I really can only keep one of the Tikkas. I'm also selling my 25-06 Stainless Ruger with 24" douglas barrel (tack driver).
Iraq led me to buying a Harley, and the Harley has me looking for ways to pay it off sooner than later. Looks to me like the 6.5 would be the go to caliber and the 25-06 would be the odd man out. Less bullets to inventory.
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Sell the Harley, buy a Moto Guzzi...3x the bike for 1/2 the cost...and keep all the rifles.
Yes, I own a 25/06, rifles with Douglas barrels, and a Moto Guzzi (it has been in 30+ states...). But, I don't have a wife... So you sold the wife to keep the 25-06 with Douglas barrels and the Moto Guzzi? Hmmm, interesting choice... 
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Wait, wait!
If I sell the wife, there's money for the Harley and all the rifles!
BRILLIANT!
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Homestead is cool.
Moto Guzzi, not so much. Not so, sez the BLTs in Murderapolis.. Wait, wait!
If I sell the wife, there's money for the Harley and all the rifles!
BRILLIANT! BRILLIANT!!!
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Wait, wait!
If I sell the wife, there's money for the Harley and all the rifles!
BRILLIANT! I love it when a plan comes together!
Other than that, How was the show Mrs. Lincoln?
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Sell the Harley, buy a Moto Guzzi...3x the bike for 1/2 the cost...and keep all the rifles.
Yes, I own a 25/06, rifles with Douglas barrels, and a Moto Guzzi (it has been in 30+ states...). But, I don't have a wife... So you sold the wife to keep the 25-06 with Douglas barrels and the Moto Guzzi? Hmmm, interesting choice... Hell no, the wife took the Harley 
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Nope, never had a wife....
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David - what's a "moto guzzi"? Is it a drink you mix with vermouth?
Just kidding - had one of them, a one cylinder, before it dawned on me one night heading back to HAFB the only thing between me and the road was my jacket and jeans. Traded for a car. Homesteader.
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I neveer took a liking to a murdercycle or donormobile as we call them in my business but am extremely fond of the 6.5x55. Mine are all M96/m38/ or m42b versions, but are scary accurate, and killed lots of moose and bear for me. I have nothing against the 25-06, just never had one because I really like my 257x57
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shoot that swede with 100 grain noslers and see why you don't need the .25-06. then shoot it with 140's and see why you don't need anything else
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6.5xSwede all the way. I'd love to have a Tikka Swede.
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For the deer killer part of the equation, I'd keep the most accurate .25/06 and sell the other and the 6.5.  You probably have a rifle or three that can cover larger game, and the .25 will cover deer, antelope, and caribou quite nicely.
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shoot that swede with 100 grain noslers and see why you don't need the .25-06. then shoot it with 140's and see why you don't need anything else load either with 100 grain bullets and the 25-06 eats the 6.5 alive... load either with 120s and the same will result... the 6.5 will handle 140s and heavier(slower still), but will not out penetrate the 25-06 with a tsx... figure in the 75 vmax, the 6.5 is simply not in the game... figure the very best big game loads for each, and your looking pretty hard to find any advantage for the 6.5... 'less you're counting cool factor, and i just don't....
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john, that's true with the mild loadings. load them to the same pressures and watch the swede beat on the .25-06 after 300 yards of being basically the same.
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