My old Army roomate from the Platte river valley area of WY and his 2 brothers all took there first few elk with .243's...He never mentioned any problems with it...as a matter of fact he still had his rifle, a Winchester, and used it quite successfully deer hunting at Ft. Bragg.
If people can launch low SD and BC pistol bullets out of a sabot from a smokepole and hammer elk than I don't see how anyone would argue against a 95-100 grain wonder bullet being adequate. Now if you're the guy that has to shoot and try kill no matter the angle or range then anything short of a 155mm howitzer is probably insufficient.
Mike
