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Funny how woman and children seem to kill critters with 243's,quite successfully.
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Funny how woman and children seem to kill critters with 243's,quite successfully. I hope I'm wrong. It sounds to me that you don't like the consensus of the answers to your OP??
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I would guess they also wound a good many with the .243 also.. As some one pointed out, the.243 is for the expert, not the beginner.
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One guy at our deer camp uses a 30-30 and a Savage M99 in 250 cause he likes lever actions. Rest are 270, 7mm, 308, 30-06s.
I don't see'em moving to the lighter calipers around here.
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Yep
The smaller calibers are not for those whose hands sweat and shake when they see an animal.
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I would guess they also wound a good many with the .243 also.. As some one pointed out, the.243 is for the expert, not the beginner. I agree, but I still would use it for elk. But there are a lot who do. Ill bet theres just as many wounded from people shooting more gun than they can handle.
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Funny how woman and children seem to kill critters with 243's,quite successfully. I hope I'm wrong. It sounds to me that you don't like the consensus of the answers to your OP?? Youre wrong
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I miss is a fuggin miss, regardless.......
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And a schlep that can't shoot a 243 sure as hell won't do better with a 300WM
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No kidding. If you can shoot you can kill a deer quite nicely with a 243, if you can't shoot a 375 ain't gonna help.
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I got 99 problems and a caliber aint one.....
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Sometimes I think the mind set on the fire is larger caliber compensates for poor marksmanship
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If I had a kid, wife, etc., that wanted to get into shooting/hunting a 223-243-257 would be an excellent choice.
And after much practice shooting I still would not let them shoot at an animal further than 250-300 yards. The animal would also have to be stationary and a good rest available. That's pretty much how I was introduced into big-game hunting.
Speaking for myself if I was out hunting for deer horns I would prefer to have something like a 270 Winchester rather than a 223. But that's just me and what I am comfortable with.
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Sometimes I think the mind set on the fire is larger caliber compensates for poor marksmanship I like to think the mind set is more advanced than that. But, would I take a 243 on an elk hunt? Nope. No good reason to do so....I see little point in it.
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Kinda like taking a 300 Mag deer for whitetails, eh...
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Bob, I agree, I wouldn't choose the 243 either but many have done it successfully. As to the mine set thing, you might be giving some too much credit
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Kinda like taking a 300 Mag deer for whitetails, eh... The mags are NOT needed for WTs, agreed. However deer hunting w/300s or similar is GOOD practice before hunting Elk or other BIG game.
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Kinda like taking a 300 Mag deer for whitetails, eh... Yeah....or a Roberts, 25/06,270,280,7/08,7 mag,30/06,etc etc.....on and on it goes....it's all part of the educational process.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
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Assuming you are shooting 20 deer a day, I agree. Not sure how shooting one deer is GOOD practice.
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Assuming you are shooting 20 deer a day, I agree. Not sure how shooting one deer is GOOD practice. Never said one! We have a bag limit of 6 per year! More opportunities to carry and familiarize yourself with the particular rifle. Let's not forget we have the FREEDOM & LIBERTY to hunt with what we CHOOSE!
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