Gundigest

Hog, I never said the .243 was inadiquate for deer, or that it should not be used for deer. I do not own a .243, but if I did I would not hesitate to use it with the proper bullet for deer sized game. My father has two heriated disks in his upper back so he can't take a lot of recoil, but he does not want to give up hunting. I am goin to load him up some 60gr Partitions at about 3000fps for his .223. It is not the best caliber in the world for deer, but with the proper bullet and shot placement it will do just fine.

Rebel Hog

Gun, no I know you did'nt say that. If you compare the .243
with 6.5mm Swede, you'll see what I mean. Like I said before,
I used the .243 on deer and hog for a few years, but now prefer
the 6.5mmSwede.
I can takedeer to moose with it using Norma 156gr "Alaska"
ammo with very little recoil.Can the .243 do it?

zrexpilot

.243's better than the bullet lobbing swede. You guys read to much, and take what pencil pushers publish, as gospel.

Rebel Hog

Zrex, I posted a picture of the moosethat I killed with 6.5mm.
Wheres your pictures of theone you killed with .243?

bigcountry

Rebel, I got a pict of one I killed with a 300RUM. Does that count?

Rebel Hog

BC, I am comparing .243 to 6.5mm.
Of course .300 will do!

zrexpilot

Aint got no meese in texas.
If you think a .243 wont kill a moose, your wrong. It will do it better.

Rebel Hog

Zrexpilot, next time you bail out, use a parachute?

bigcountry

Actually my guide up in Newfieland, all he uses is a 243. I was shocked. But its wide open land in the marshes.

I shot a cow moose with 150gr corelok years ago and all it did was act like it was bee stung. Then it back to feeding acting drunk, and finally fell over taking out some 6" trees.

I know I sure wouldn't go moose hunting with a 243. Not after paying 3K for a hunt. There's one thing to live in a an area and be out every day seeing hundreds of animals and another when you may see 10 animals one day and not see another one for the week. There has been times I have seen them and they got a whiff of us and ran thru stuff you couldn't get a tank thru. So I know they can get up and go if they want too. They made it 1000yards or more in in just a min or less. Thru Black Spruce.

ejpaul1

I sit in absolute amazement of this little round refered to as the .243, I dont know if it realizes the politics we involve it in. The posts here are soo contreversial I actually bought one this last weekend. It wasnt solley due to this site and its love/hate of the round, but I have definatly been influenced! Any reccomendations on the favorite factory rounds? EJ