I have the Winchester Featherweight in .243 and like it very well. I think I bought mine because I found it more attractive than the Remington. I have taken a pronghorn antelope and a whitetail deer with it since I purchased it in 2003. Of course, I'm not saying that the Remington wouldn't be just as good a shooter or better.

I also have a .25-06 (not a Winchester, a custom built rifle based on a Springfield action with a medium weight barrel), however, and like it better for both deer and pronghorn. I bought the .243 so my son could use it while I used my .25-06, but my son prefers the .25-06 because it kicks him less (my .25-06 is a substantially heavier rifle and it has a recoil pad while the .243 has just a thin butt plate with no give that I can discern) so I end up shooting the .243! It is light and pretty and gets the job done.