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Could it be that I managed to acquire S-I-X bad rifles in a row, all chambered in .243 Winchester? As improbable as it sounds, if it was going to happen to anyone at all it would be ME. I dunno what the hell the deal is or was with those rifles. I was always a 6mm Remington fan, but one day a rifle in .243 fell in my lap, so I outfitted to handload for it. At first it looked like it wanted to shoot, but then it didn't. So I replaced it with another that had the very same soul. Then another, and another. And another. And another after that. Maybe it was me all along, but I just don't see that. After I dumped the last .243 and my dies, a 6-284 fell in my lap and it was MOA shortly thereafter. My most recent 6mm, same story.

I think that deep down, I deeply hate the .243, and the .243 has picked up on that...so it's mutual, I suppose.

I do hate the sumbitch.