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...When you get unstuck on the 243 and try some better rounds your learning curve will improve also.  If you only knew... Ed
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She will have her own rifle this summer, but they will not be able to make the Armijo Springs bash this year. It overlaps with start of school activities in the little town where they live. However, they are going to spend a few days with me in July somewhere up on the Gila or the Apache National Forest where it's cool. We plan to burn a lot of ammo. Too bad about Armijo Springs. Your family will certainly be missed and the competition will not be the same. Good news about the visit, though. Just don't coach her too well. I'd like to at least a have a chance to beat her the next time we shoot against each other.  Ed P.S. Did you ever buy that Ruger Ranch Rifle you talked about? The offer to set it up like mine still stands. Ed Ed, what is the set up ?
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...Ed, what is the set up ? If I told you I'd have to kill you. It's nothing, really. It just turned my 16" barreled, factory trigger, factory stock, .5.56 Ruger Ranch Rifle into something I could win matches with. That's all.  Ed
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rick300,Your getting no argument from me. I think you will really like shooting and hunting when you learn how. Rio7 Funny post Rio. When you get unstuck on the 243 and try some better rounds your learning curve will improve also. TFF ! Dick300, pull your thumb outta your arse & your nose outta the clouds.  Not one person here, has stated the .243 is the ultimate/best choice for a deer rifle, just that it is more than adequate !
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rick300,Your getting no argument from me. I think you will really like shooting and hunting when you learn how. Rio7 Funny post Rio. When you get unstuck on the 243 and try some better rounds your learning curve will improve also. TFF ! Dick300, pull your thumb outta your arse & your nose outta the clouds. Not one person here, has stated the .243 is the ultimate/best choice for a deer rifle, just that it is more than adequate ! Good for some kinds of hunting, more than adequate for the easy shots.
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rick300,Your getting no argument from me. I think you will really like shooting and hunting when you learn how. Rio7 Funny post Rio. When you get unstuck on the 243 and try some better rounds your learning curve will improve also. You are helplessly, hopelessly clueless. Opinions vary Mudhen. I have killed more than a couple pickup truck loads of deer with the 243, nothing special about the round.
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No one on this thread has mentioned a head stamp or caliber that I haven't used at one time or other, we all settle on what works for us for what ever reasons. In my case If I really like a rifle by that I mean the way it handles and fits and shoots for me there's a good chance I will like he head stamp that goes with it, I have never found a caliber that I hated I have found a few rifles I hated, shoot what works for you that's what I do. After all i'm not buying your guns or ammo. Rio7 I don't hate the 243 just some of it's characteristics, like piss poor barrel life and sometimes less than optimal bullet performance. Small exit holes, deer that run a bit far sometimes after being well hit, and way too much hype.
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rickt300, you need to quit while you're behind , before you get WAY behind.
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rickt300, No one here is trying to change your mind, let it go . Rio7
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Hang in there Rick! I understand exactly where you are coming from, and I just "wish" I had your hunting opportunities...:) Have you been using that 35 Whelen lately?
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Read the whole thread.... made me remember Phil Shoemaker sig line something on the order of " If you can't kill with a 30-06 you are unwittingly commenting on your marksmanship". Yeah and that applies on this thread too. I have 3 243's and never found them wanting for deer and antelope. Hope you find something you can use. MB
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I did use the 243 many times, it is just not the all around cartridge the 7x57 or 308 are. There are things the 243 is just not the best cartridge for. Believe it or not mass and diameter do have their place.
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Hang in there Rick! I understand exactly where you are coming from, and I just "wish" I had your hunting opportunities...:) Have you been using that 35 Whelen lately? Last elk hunt was two years ago in Wyoming. I took the 35 Whelen and a 7MM RM. I was carrying the 7MM when I found the elk in a draw and shot him at 90 yards. And that was in some wide open area. It's getting to be such a project to get an elk tag anymore in the areas I like to hunt (where I have friends to hunt with) this is the biggest challenge.
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rickt300, nine pages and your sounding more like a JERK than when you started, your way behind now let it go. Rio7
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