RE: How the .243 stacks up
LR1000 - you might look at some of the high performance 6MMs. The 6MM-284 and the .240 Weatherby are awesome long range guns for varmints and medium big game. In fact - for the three game combo of coyotes, antelope, and deer; there is no better caliber than a 6MM-284, IMHO. Roskoe