"if you loaded a .243 and a .308 to the same muzzle energy in the same rifle, the .243 would kick harder". If you did that you would blow up a perfectly good 243 so why even bring it up? Not to mention you would have a hard time finding a way to fit enough powder in a 243 case to be able to launch a 100 grain 6mm bullet at the required 3300fps. The 240 Weatherby isn't even that fast.

Edited by - frizzellr on 12/16/2002 19:04:17