salukipv1

I'm picking up a .243 mainly for antelope.....probably a backup on a mule deer hunt, though may become my mule deer rifle.

I've used a .270 on antelope and the results were overkill, bullet's always blew right through them.

I've heard the .25-06 billed as the perfect antelope rifle, though I'm thinking a .243 may be perfect.

I think for that combo though, 25-06 or .270 would be about as ideal as they come, not overkill for either, nor undergunned either.

But anything from .243 to .30-06 would do both fine.