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I've been reading on some threads about how the .243 Win. is a better cartridge than a 25-06 and that a 25-06 with 120 grain bullets is as effective as a .270 Win. I've also read about how effective the .270 can be on grizzly bears. We all know that there isn't a hill of beans worth of difference between a .270 Win. and a 30-06 and the 30-06 is a supreme grizzly bear cartridge.
Ergo, the .243 Win is as effective as a 30-06, especially with the new magic bullets, and is a grizzly killer extraordinaire.
Sorry, I'm bored.
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Sure thing. An 85gr TSX between the eyes or up the snout would end the fight PDQ...
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You must be bored. The 243 wouldn't be my first choice. Will it work? Yes. I'd want a good penetrating bullet and not terribly tight quarters. I'll take the '06 over the 270 any day for griz. Especially if using C&C bullets. The mono's certainly give the smaller calibers/lighter bullets a boost in performance on heavier/tougher critters. As always, placement trumps everything else.
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Damn, I need a tongue-in-cheek icon.
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If.given the choice of.hunting grizz with a 243.or staying home, id stay home.
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Not me man, give me a griz tag and I'd be for rocking and rolling with the .243
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No you don't, I'm just bored too.
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Atta boy, Dober! If I could get my hands on a free grizz tag, I'd be in the truck with the .243 and 80TTSX or 85TSX faster than you can say "crazy"
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I haven't shot the 80 yet but the 85 and 95 always did well for my 6/06.
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For griz -- I'd rather have a 243 with an 85TSX launched at 3200 than a 270 with a cup and core launched at 3000.
But I'd prefer to at least use a 260 for griz.....
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Might work , you might want to update your will and get some Depends , just in case !
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This interior Grizz fell to a 95 grain Partition.
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I would suspect that if one could shoot and was picky about when to shoot and when not to shoot, I don't think you would have anything but a dead Bear. Mountian Grizzly taken in the course of a sheep hunt yea it would do, would it be idea, no I would want more bullet myself. My one and only grizzly I ever shot was on a stone sheep hunt way back in 1984, Killed it with a 270 and 130 gr bullets, the rifle was a push Winchester FWT M-70 and a 4x Zeiss scope on it. The guide use a 30-30 win for his main hunting rifle, all he cared about was that its light and short and easy to carry and the moose die just the same. He was happy I bought something just right.
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6mm-223 Double Ackley Super Improved.
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The muzzle brake makes me think something larger than a 95 Partition was flyin' out of that muzzle... grin
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If.given the choice of.hunting grizz with a 243.or staying home, id stay home. Bahaha. I would drop whatever I was doing for a chance to hunt griz, whether using a 243 or a 223.
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Not me man, give me a griz tag and I'd be for rocking and rolling with the .243
Dober +1 Wouldn't hesitate...
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you sure you'd use such a big cartridge, ingwe?
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