I am a .243 man myself and have used it for everything from chucks to deer. I find that as long as you choose the right bullet for the job it works great. I have a Savage model 11 chambered for .243 win mag and sight in in dead on at 250 yards.

I am an inch high at 100 and and inch low at 300. I use my righ mostly for coyotes in WNY an hour south of Buffalo, NY. With 95 grain teflon tipped remmington ammo. Knocks em down everytime and not much pelt damage. I have noticed that if you use a lower grain bullet the pelt damage a little more extensive. I don't know if that is because the bullet fragments more on impact or what. You would think that it would be the opposite. Higher grain more pelt damage.

What I am thinking is a lighter skined animal such as a coyote allows the heavier grain bullet to hold together and pass through the animal with out fragmenting much and causing pelt damage.

What are your thoughts on this?