“In Western PA where I grew up, the .25-06 was a favorite of those who could afford just one good rifle. It was an adequate balance for all PA game from groundhogs up through black bear with the right bullets.”
I agree whole heartedly.
I’m a quarter bore fanatic. It’s a death day for long distance called yotes. It’s overkill in the extreme for prairie rats but the redmist show with Vmax tips is spectacular. For Texas sized white tails I have never had one move from where I shot it with 100gr core lokt same for Feral hogs if I’m being cheap and lazy to not reload for the 25_06 when I do load thst are A frames for anything above yote sized and Vmaxs for all small critters I don’t keep pelts to first sized exits are not an issue with yotes. I own four 308s mostly ARs 10.5” “pistol” light 16”, HB 24” and a M40 R700, R700s in 30_06, 270, 26” LR edition 7rem mag, Ruger precision in 300WM & 338LM but the rifle I pick up for most of my Texas hunting is my R700 in quarter bore it’s a Remage on it’s second barrel which blasting prairie rats at 4000 fps eats into a barrel but at 195 bucks and 10 min on my vice I won’t hesitate to redmist the buggers. Love LOVE my 25.