Making wildcats is fun with guns.
On the practical side a 243 will be easier to find and get.
Do you really believe Stick is concerned whatsoever?
Also the 243 can be loaded down to near a 6BR.
Not with anything like the consistency/accuracy a 6BR can deliver.
Just presenting an alternative. A 243 Kimber Montana weighs just 6#,11oz. with a 4.5-14 Conquest on it. Thats what a M70 Featherweight goes without a scope!
I'm pretty sure Stick knows what a Montana weighs. He only owns about two dozen of them.
The 243's ammo is available everywhere. You will never find 6Br loads for game anywhere.
Once again you've missed the point. Stick doesn't care that there aren't factory 6BR game loads. He's going to build them as the point of the whole project.
Some of us actually shoot more than two rounds per rifle and declare it good. I've been through about three thousand .308" Hornady 168 gr. match bullets (not to mention other types, weights and diameters) since the beginning of the year, and Stick has probably exceeded that number of projectiles in the last month or two.
A smallish 6mm that is capable of extreme precision, is miserly in its consumption of powder and barrel steel, has lower muzzle blast, and is properly built to handle a sleek projectile that delivers downrange where it counts, is an attractive proposition to shooters who build significant round counts.
