Originally Posted by
SILVERTIP-CO
I used to get no longer published bi monthly rag called "Colorado Hunting & Fishing". Was a very good up to date magazine with lotta local stuff pics and local stories. Having read it for about 6 yrs mtil it folded, I can assure you all that literally hundreds of elk are killed every year with a 243 by women, children, flyweights, old ladies, young ladies, heavyweights, old men. young men, and regular working folks. And that is a FACT. So do not let the many 'experts' here in the fishbowl dissuade you.
Would I do it? No. Would I recommend it? No. But if I had to do it I would use Hornady Superformance or other premium such ammo as Winchester PowerMax or the Rem Scirrocco stuff. As I recommend you should(no I don't own stock in it).
My wife and I each have our own .270 bolt action rifles which are more than sufficient for any Colorado game from Jackrabbit to elk.
Good luck on your .243 hunt. Shoot straight.
As you said. You wouldn't do it, or recommend it.
Isn't that what we did? I'm sure none of us said a .243 wouldn't kill an elk.