Originally Posted by
Rock river arms hunter
I had developed recoil flinch going from a 17hmr which dad bought as the first firearm in the house and going to a 7-08 tikka,I missed 3 deer as a result on a guided deer hunt and after that I decided that dad and I could simply not use the 1 tikka, he could shoot sub MOA with it!and still does.....
so based on that I was after something abit easier on the shoulder,so i was looking at 243's and similar calibres when someone.... I can't remember who or where suggested the 25-06, we had a look at chuck hawks rifle recoil table and noted that there was 1 lb or so of recoil diff between the deer loadings, the 25-06 has superior energy at range,goes quicker and for something to use to 450m like to buy one deer rifle it fitted the bill nicely, Dad got me a howa 1500 with a 22" barrel(I know) millspec coated and gw supressed with the hogue grey stock and I could shoot sub inch groups with it confidently so I'm partly thankfull because it cured my flinch....
Since then I've bought a sako 75 in 25-06 and swapped the supressor over from the howa and popped a vx 3 4.5-14x40 B&C....