Originally Posted by
Oldtimr
I am still a little perplexed at the title of the OP," first real gun". The .243 is a real gun and a whole lot of deer sized animals could attest to that, if they were still alive.
A lot of people mistakenly equate the venerable .243 with a "kids rifle" OT. I hear it all the time. "Why are you out here with that little ole pea shooter?" or them saying something to my daughter like "you do know you can't take a big deer with that little thing don't you?" She kinda looks at them and laughs then shows them the 256 pound field dressed buck she took with her little "pea shooter" at 197 yards in Canada the first year I took her up there. Has a tendency to shut them up pretty quick
