Originally Posted By: 6mm06
I have owned a 25-06 (Browning Composite Stalker) for close to 25 years. It's an accurate one and has accounted for several Wyoming antelope as well as a variety of other game. I love the cartridge and would hate to see it go by the wayside.
I got a 700 in .25-06 shortly after Remington "legitimized" it.
At the time, it was the current "rage". The .257 "Bob" fans
have whined ever since that it was practically buried by the
popularity of the .25-06. I'm sure that is the case with at
least a few other rounds over the years.
The WSM's came and went from the scene fairly rapidly, and it
has become almost impossible to find brass for the 7WSM. I got
the fever and ordered a POS Montana Rifle Co Model 1999 in
7WSM. Never could get it to shoot the otherwise very accurate
round. At the time, I got a lifetime supply of brass for it.
It's now sitting in the safe as a savings account. Could
already double my money on that brass!! 
Will the same fate fall on the .25-06? Hardly! Too many rifles
were made in that caliber over the years. We all know just
what the round will do. It's one of the best hunting calibers
ever made for what it will do. Personally, I may or may not
fall victom to the 6.5 Creed fever, but the .25-06 will stay.
Sooner or later the 6.5 Creed fever will ebb, and be replaced
by another "newest and bestest", yet it will probably stay as
well, with many saying the "old" caliber is just fine with
them.
It's just the way things are. Or should it be stated that it's
just the way WE are.
