We are looking to buy a new deer rifle for my wife and get her into more oopurtunity than just bow hunting and im in a toss up between 260 remington 7mm-08,6mm and 25-06. All feedback is greatly welcome

Of those listed I'm partial to the 7/08 & 25-06.

7/08, .260, 25/06 in that order

Yup.

Of those 3 I would pick the 7-08,then 260 then the 25-06.

Short action fan here 7mm08, 260, 6mm then 25-06 IMO

We almost agreed

7mm08. Good glass, long eye relief and a good recoil pad. or a .257 Roberts.

Not on the list, but should be, .243!!

Here's a sweet little rifle in 7/08

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=302998515

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.243 hands down

I like the 6mm just a little better than the 243. My wife loves her 270 but with what you listed I'd go with what several have already mentioned, 7/08 - 260 - 25/06.

7mm08 or 308 and i bought mine a 308 cause the qmmo is available everywere and you can it fairly cheap 243 works right up till it dont good varmit round mediocre deer round

I think it would depend on your wife and somewhat her frame or how handy she is with a weapon..The 25-06 w/a 26 in bbl is by far
a hotter rifle, but the 243 and 7mm-08 will both kill effectively
if the shot placement and projectiles are good and one can use a
6 1/2lb rifle w/a 24in or less bbl...But if she is going to hunt
and or you may well inherit the rifle yourself I'd say what interest you somewhat..Most ladies make good hunters once they get involved and they do not usually have to unlearn what us old
men do w/Cowboying...and Cap Pistols ect..DD

You're in a toss up...What is SHE is a toss up over?

My wife is 5ft tall with short arms and she liked .308 so I let HER pick out a Winchester Youth rifle ordered in .308 and gave it to her as Christmas present many years ago.....

(..of those YOU listed 7-08 would be MY choice!)

Well I picked up a 7mm08 for Mrs B and she loves it, we plan on going after a few bigger exotics and her 243 was just a little light. She's 5-2 about 115 lbs and handels it with no problems.

Bought a 25-06 for my wife, she liked it then quit hunting, now its my 12 year old daughters gun. Sweet gun!

7mm-08 you can't go wrong. If you think she can take a little more recoil then I would move towards 25-06 for longer distance shooting. The 7-08 would be my first choice for a lady or child because of the short action, shorter easier to handle gun and manageable recoil with plenty of knockdown downrange.

260 is good but good luck on finding one. I have been searching and no luck. Probably the easiest one to find ammo for is going to be that 25-06 but if your reloading then any of those should be fine.

Let your wife shoot all 3 and let her decide.

7mm08, man or woman

Depends on her build. Height? Long arms or short? Will it be just for TX game, or will you also chase larger exotics? Do you reload?

If you don't reload, my top choices would be .25-06 or 7mm-08. My wife is 5' 7", she loves her .25-06. She can practice with it without being scared. But, if you think critters larger than deer/pigs are in her future, I might drift towards the 7mm-08.

Whatever you do, make sure the rifle comes with a good recoil pad, or better yet, take it to a gun smith and have him add a good pad and fit the stock to her length-of-pull.

The .260 Rem is a great little round and would be my top choice, but it is not widely available in many rifles and ammo is tougher to find.