ORIGINAL: ipscshooter
ORIGINAL: SwampCollie
Its all good. Its just one of those internet paradox's, where everybody pretty much agrees, but since you can see smiles, or hear voice intonation, its oft misunderstood.
Yeah, I understand... I was trying to limit my own opinions to factory ammo, and I think maybe you thought that I thought you were trying to put alimitation on my opinion, which wasn't the case. (I hope that made sense). It just seemed to me, as someone else said, that some of the guys were suggesting that the .257 was a "Hammer of Thor" deer rifle, whereas the .243 couldn't give a black eye to a gopher... I was trying to point out, since the original poster seemed not to be a handloader, that while the .257 is an outstanding 200 yard deer rifle, the .243 has a slight edge in performance. Maybe James B gets me a little riled up because of his fairly regular slurs against the .243...
I really don't think a .243 could give a gopher a black eye.... I think the bullet would probably go through his eye, and right out the back side of his head, taking most of his face with it....
When it comes to the Hammer of Thor...if you put a bullet from litterally ANYTHING into a deers brain or spine.... you'd have thought it was a hammer that hit him!