I can remember 50yrs ago, there was only 2 guys in town that even had a .243. Funny things is, right about that time or a bit later, the 6mm Remington really took off! this was in East, Texas, well, our part of it. 100gr Remington factory corlokts. The only rifle it was "desired in" though was the Mod 742! MY BIL had a nice Mod 788 that took him years to sell! I think the biggest issue was not the 6mm but that the 788 was a bolt gun. They were not that popular there at that time. leverguns or autos. But the 6mm users sounded a lot like the 6.5 Creedmoor users today, ha.
