It's been so long since I purchased that rifle but I seem to remember I may have got the 24" barrel. I remember reading that's where the 25-06 really shines. Maybe it was just wishful thinking and it is a 22". At any rate… we will find out this weekend. We are taking it out of the cabinet for the first time in 10 years to go sight it in.Makes sense. You don't see too many of them anymore. I love my Cooper and would like to pick up another .25-06 but I really prefer a 24" barrel. I think Sako made a Finnlight a decade or so back that was nice but I think it was 22". Anyway it still would be nice to pick one up that's lighter than my Cooper. Might look around for a clean A-Bolt from the early/mid 90's. They were prettty nice back then.