I've been wanting to do a Savage build for a long time and had planned on building a 250 Savage. However, the ballistics of the 25-45 are very close to the 250 Savage. I already reload 223 so I have plenty of cheap brass. I purchased a used Savage M11 223, lh, with a birch stock off of Gunsamerica. The only place to get a barrel, right now, is Black Forge. I emailed Broadsword and asked how long the barrel would need to be for complete powder burn and they said depending on the powder 18"-20". I thought about a 6x45 but chose the 25 due to the availability of inexpensive cast bullets for plinking at the range and small game. I don't plan hunting anything larger then coyotes but I'm sure it could handle deer just fine. Now I just have to wait on the barrel so I can get started.