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Art Eatman · January 11, 2008, 10:06 PM

I'm another who recommends a lot of .22 rimfire time for somebody who's new to rifles.

For somebody who's a beginning deer hunter, I sorta recommend staying inside of around a couple of hundred yards, insofar as one's thinking about cartridges. Probably 90+% of all deer are shot inside of 200 yards, and there are very few centerfire cartridges that would not be excellent.

I don't know why I've always regarded the .25-'06 as a sort of in-between that doesn't really fit what I've wanted. "It just doesn't." So, I've pretty much been a .243 guy and '06 guy. The .243 works well as a varmint rifle, and IMO is better for that than the .25-'06. Lots of "I dunno."

January 11, 2008, 10:06 PM	#10
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	I'm another who recommends a lot of .22 rimfire time for somebody who's new to rifles. For somebody who's a beginning deer hunter, I sorta recommend staying inside of around a couple of hundred yards, insofar as one's thinking about cartridges. Probably 90+% of all deer are shot inside of 200 yards, and there are very few centerfire cartridges that would not be excellent. I don't know why I've always regarded the .25-'06 as a sort of in-between that doesn't really fit what I've wanted. "It just doesn't." So, I've pretty much been a .243 guy and '06 guy. The .243 works well as a varmint rifle, and IMO is better for that than the .25-'06. Lots of "I dunno."