I bought one for my kids to hut deer and pronghorn with. They have and so have I. It is a very peasent rifle to shoot and shoots well.
But I think it will become a coyote gun for me. And I'll get the kids something else like a 7mm08. The .243 will kill game. But I don't like the way it does. No blood trail to speak of or none at all. I lost a big buck partly because of this and could have lost a couple deer if not for good circumstances.
Robin down under
Sorry the pic is so big. I could not edit and resize it after posting here.