Well, there is one round that does everything the the .25-06 does that I like better. It`s the .257 AI. With it you shoot the same bullets as the .25-06 at abt the same veloities but use alot less powder, the cases don`t strech as much, and the round is inhearently alittle more accurate. When my boy grebs one of my guns to shot a groundhog that`s the one he grabs. But he likes it because it leaves such big holes.