Sure Shot Mc Gee
New member
Just my 2 cents opinion.
If your intentions are to hunt deer size animals. Any rifle caliber above 6MM /24 cal is adequate. For target shooting and varmints hunts 6mm/24 cal and smaller cartridges are appropriate.
As you can see OP I place the 243 in the column of marginals for Big Game use. Reason being there is little too no room for shot error with this cartridge. {243 bullet placement is paramount.} Anything less the animal is likely terminally wounded having little to no chance for recovery which a hunter truly wants. But unknown to the 243s shooter its suggested 100 gr hunting bullet create such a small wound channel that following so little blood splatter is tough to do. {even for the most seasoned trackers} 243 shot animals. I guarantee any wounding recovery involving a 243 use will surely be a much longer and tedious tracking hike than expected.
Buy that 06 or 308 or better a 270. Your never regret their purchases. 243s purchase you just might over time.
If your intentions are to hunt deer size animals. Any rifle caliber above 6MM /24 cal is adequate. For target shooting and varmints hunts 6mm/24 cal and smaller cartridges are appropriate.
As you can see OP I place the 243 in the column of marginals for Big Game use. Reason being there is little too no room for shot error with this cartridge. {243 bullet placement is paramount.} Anything less the animal is likely terminally wounded having little to no chance for recovery which a hunter truly wants. But unknown to the 243s shooter its suggested 100 gr hunting bullet create such a small wound channel that following so little blood splatter is tough to do. {even for the most seasoned trackers} 243 shot animals. I guarantee any wounding recovery involving a 243 use will surely be a much longer and tedious tracking hike than expected.
Buy that 06 or 308 or better a 270. Your never regret their purchases. 243s purchase you just might over time.