Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Winchester model 70 featherweight or Remington 700 sps Stainless in .243

Since you admitted openly around here that you were new to your topic, I salute you. LOL

Just trying to clarify some things that many will talk around, since some of ‘us’ (LOL) take for granted that certain things are known by all, or that others can decipher some of the back and forth:

NOTHING is wrong with the 243. Barrel specifics of twist/throat and mag box length can hamstring it IF you get into true long range. The 6/6.5 were introduced into rifles/packages FOR long range, with long bullets in mind. In reality, you’d never notice much recoil difference in those 3. Your 700 will (in all likelihood) never hamper you doing range work with a 243 to 500+, or hunting to 300+, with factory ammo. Burn out the barrel, and that’d be a good thing for you, AND your rifle.....by then you’ll know as much as most typing here about what YOU need, want, and how to get there going forward. All the words on this forum can’t replace trigger time, and you’ll be setup to enjoy (key word) plenty with that simple 243 setup. You’ve got the opportunity to learn bags, bipods, trigger, positions, hand/thumb pressure, prone cheek pressure vs bench vs other, wind, range, follow through, etc. Good luck.