DUGABOY1,thanks for the advice.Actually there is no bar in owning firearms around here,in fact there is a glut of all kinds of arms including the automatic ones like AKs,M16s,AR15s,etc. However we don't have good gunsmiths who could make the changes you suggested.I had bought the 25.06 but later when i found that it was not suitable for tougher animals like the ibex etc.i bought the 270.I then moved onto the 7mm.mag and 300 WB mag.