Combination guns are compromises, the 243 being a lot of gun for varmints generally and small enough to give spotty performance at times. The 257 is 20% more gun than the 243. I think the 250 Savage and 257 Roberts were developed as medium game rounds first and as varmint rifles as a second job not the other way around.

Dog I rescued in January

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