New .243
05-25-2014 | 08:12 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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I played with a .243 for a couple of years. Pretty good pronghorn and deer caliber as long as the deer aren't too big. The big mulies I hunted a lot back then were, in my opinion, a little on the big side for the caliber. I used it when I was stationed in CA and it was good for blacktails and I took it to HI where I used it on feral goats and mouflon sheep. It worked on game that size but was a little destructive to meat if a major bone was hit. I admit I never tried it with any sort of premium bullet since it grouped rem factory rounds well. Good coyote round too.
I finally sold it when I got a rem Model 700 Classic in 6.5x55 Swedish. I became a huge fan of the 6.5 caliber. It is only .5 mm bigger than the .245 (6mm) but you can get bullets up to 160 gr. I've never recovered a 6.5mm bullet from anything. It just keeps going and doesn't seem to tear up much meat.
I finally sold it when I got a rem Model 700 Classic in 6.5x55 Swedish. I became a huge fan of the 6.5 caliber. It is only .5 mm bigger than the .245 (6mm) but you can get bullets up to 160 gr. I've never recovered a 6.5mm bullet from anything. It just keeps going and doesn't seem to tear up much meat.
05-26-2014 | 07:16 AM
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Giant Nontypical
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: ****ifornia
Because most factory rifles aren't up to my standards so I need to change them.
A .243 is just a great all around cartridge.
And I just wanted a cheap, lightweight truck gun that if it doesn't shoot up to par will be easy to stick a Shilen on it and then it'll shoot good.
Last edited by jeepkid; 05-26-2014 at 07:21 AM.
05-26-2014 | 07:20 AM
#6
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Giant Nontypical
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: ****ifornia
I played with a .243 for a couple of years. Pretty good pronghorn and deer caliber as long as the deer aren't too big. The big mulies I hunted a lot back then were, in my opinion, a little on the big side for the caliber. I used it when I was stationed in CA and it was good for blacktails and I took it to HI where I used it on feral goats and mouflon sheep. It worked on game that size but was a little destructive to meat if a major bone was hit. I admit I never tried it with any sort of premium bullet since it grouped rem factory rounds well. Good coyote round too.
I finally sold it when I got a rem Model 700 Classic in 6.5x55 Swedish. I became a huge fan of the 6.5 caliber. It is only .5 mm bigger than the .245 (6mm) but you can get bullets up to 160 gr. I've never recovered a 6.5mm bullet from anything. It just keeps going and doesn't seem to tear up much meat.
I finally sold it when I got a rem Model 700 Classic in 6.5x55 Swedish. I became a huge fan of the 6.5 caliber. It is only .5 mm bigger than the .245 (6mm) but you can get bullets up to 160 gr. I've never recovered a 6.5mm bullet from anything. It just keeps going and doesn't seem to tear up much meat.
I also like the 6.5mm stuff a lot too, this I built last year and used it on a doe at 400 yards. That was the farthest shot that presented itself during the trip. 6.5x284, 1/8 twist to shoot the 140gr Berger.
