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OH! HELL, I forgot only women and kids kill Deer and Elk , Moose, Bear, Pigs, ect. with a 243. Rio7
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OH! HELL, I forgot only women and kids kill Deer and Elk , Moose, Bear, Pigs, etc. with a 243. Rio7
Yep. Deer and pigs with a .223, and on a regular basis...  DF
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Didn't know you hunted in Louisiana...   DF
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Why not change the barrel on your .243 to a fast twist 7.5 or 8 and shoot any weight up to 115 gr. there's nothing
more accurate than the 6mm, and there's nothing in the lower U.S. or Africa plains game you can't take with the .243 the .243 may not sound as sexy as some of the others you listed but it will do the job of all of them Rio7
.243 with 100 gr worked just fine on moose, caribou, sheep, black bear for me.... Never really liked it tho. Still have that one. I'd go .260 (did on a .244), 7/08 (what I was looking for when I found the .260 bbl), or .308.
Last edited by las; 09/24/20.
The only true cost of having a dog is its death.
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To me, and I know this is my personal experience which is limited and contradicted by the experiences of others, I see a real difference in performance on game at right about the 7mm mark. Go with the 7mm-08.
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