Ok guys I'd appreciate some input. I buying a new rifle and I'm flip flopping on the chambering. I'm back and forth between the 243 and 7mm08. I mainly hunt whitetail in TN. But I also have the opportunity to go to Idaho and hunt elk. Elk will not be a regular thing,might only do it once!
Also wouldn't mind doing another black bear hunt or two.
Lets assume I'm a decent shot,and willing to wait for the right shot opportunity to present itself and I know the animals anatomy.Which would you choose?????
Since you are from Tennessee and this will probably only be a one time thing for you I recommend that you go with the 7/08. The 243 will do but it demands a perfect shot, if it hits a rib or shoulder bone chances are your elk is gone off to become wolf bait. The 7/08 is a lot more cartridge then going up one mm diameter would suggest, it will allow a little more leeway for a less than perfect shot placement and it hits considerably harder, take a look at the energy figures between the 243 and 7/08.
drover
