Well, I have two rifles in 25-06. The first one is a Ruger #1B that looks all beat to hell. I got into it cheap enough that it will work as the donor for a .35 Whelen build I'm thinking of. They say, "Don't shoot the donor." That this is an absolute tack driver. Oh well, back to the drawing board. FWIW, it only likes 120 gr. bullets and that's OK with me. A few months later I came across another Ruger #1B in 25-06 that looked absolutely mint. Compared to the beater, it thinks it's a shot gun.
I'll tinker with it a bit but I strongly suspect it will end up being the donor.
Paul B.