'gwe,
Cheer up,I've suffered both Mouser and Winchester 243's. The TC blows 'em away.
Still washing my hands with Clorox,tryin' to get rid of the smell.
I too have suffered a Mauser in .243, but got surprisingly good service out of a push feed Winchester .243...at least until the squiggly things in the barrel started to disappear . The Icon really is impressive, but not well accepted in polite company , so it sits in the rack whilst the .223AIs get all the phun. Might haul it out again one day if I go to shoot anything big.