Honestly, it really doesn’t have a place these day. I mean, it’s flat shooting and does a number on small and medium critters. But it seems like you can do the same with something else for less recoil and noise these days.It ain't bad, even considered it for a while, but ranchers where I hunt prairie dogs no longer want their coyotes disturbed and I ain't using it for deer so 22/250 fills my needs just fine.
Killed my first hog with dads Smith and Wesson 25-06 when I was 13 at around 400 yards. I’ll never forget because he was in the cab of the truck with a relative who now owns the ranch we were on. I was in the back with some cousins. Truck stopped and my cousin slapped my on the back and said “you gonna shoot it”. Dad was in the front with the relative (another cousin but much older than me) discussing how to get closer so someone could shoot it. I dropped that fucker in his tracks. Dad bragged about that shot for years. For that reason, that 25-06 will never leave the family. I may not have been able to hold a flashlight worth a damn, but he was proud that day!