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I've been reading on some threads about how the .243 Win. is a better cartridge than a 25-06 and that a 25-06 with 120 grain bullets is as effective as a .270 Win. I've also read about how effective the .270 can be on grizzly bears. We all know that there isn't a hill of beans worth of difference between a .270 Win. and a 30-06 and the 30-06 is a supreme grizzly bear cartridge.

Ergo, the .243 Win is as effective as a 30-06, especially with the new magic bullets, and is a grizzly killer extraordinaire.


Sorry, I'm bored.

Sure thing. An 85gr TSX between the eyes or up the snout would end the fight PDQ...

You must be bored. The 243 wouldn't be my first choice. Will it work? Yes. I'd want a good penetrating bullet and not terribly tight quarters. I'll take the '06 over the 270 any day for griz. Especially if using C&C bullets. The mono's certainly give the smaller calibers/lighter bullets a boost in performance on heavier/tougher critters. As always, placement trumps everything else.

Damn, I need a tongue-in-cheek icon.

If.given the choice of.hunting grizz with a 243.or staying home, id stay home.

Not me man, give me a griz tag and I'd be for rocking and rolling with the .243

Dober

No you don't, I'm just bored too.

Atta boy, Dober! If I could get my hands on a free grizz tag, I'd be in the truck with the .243 and 80TTSX or 85TSX faster than you can say "crazy"

I haven't shot the 80 yet but the 85 and 95 always did well for my 6/06.

Dober

For griz -- I'd rather have a 243 with an 85TSX launched at 3200 than a 270 with a cup and core launched at 3000.

But I'd prefer to at least use a 260 for griz.....

Might work , you might want to update your will and get some Depends , just in case !

I would never try to drive railroad spikes with my Wifeys tack hammer, I got bigger hammers.

Gunner

This interior Grizz fell to a 95 grain Partition.

Cartridge?

I would suspect that if one could shoot and was picky about when to shoot and when not to shoot, I don't think you would have anything but a dead Bear. Mountian Grizzly taken in the course of a sheep hunt yea it would do, would it be idea, no I would want more bullet myself. My one and only grizzly I ever shot was on a stone sheep hunt way back in 1984, Killed it with a 270 and 130 gr bullets, the rifle was a push Winchester FWT M-70 and a 4x Zeiss scope on it. The guide use a 30-30 win for his main hunting rifle, all he cared about was that its light and short and easy to carry and the moose die just the same. He was happy I bought something just right.

6mm-223 Double Ackley Super Improved.

The muzzle brake makes me think something larger than a 95 Partition was flyin' out of that muzzle... grin

Bahaha. I would drop whatever I was doing for a chance to hunt griz, whether using a 243 or a 223.

+1

Wouldn't hesitate...

you sure you'd use such a big cartridge, ingwe?