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<blockquote data-quote="300 Driver" data-source="post: 1324755" data-attributes="member: 91257"><p>No offense intended, but your statement seems a bit inaccurate to me.</p><p></p><p>Have you shot a deer with a 243 lately? Once a healthy adult swallows a little pride, a 243 makes more sense than many other rounds. It's less recoil, which for 99% of the shooters out there, equals more accuracy. Deer aren't hard to kill when hit with an accurately placed bullet in any weight. Ammunition cost is higher in the '06 as well, as is weight of the gun, and noise if you're measuring differences.</p><p></p><p>I reload for 243 Win up to 338 Win Mag and as for handloads, unless your 30-06 is pushing a 150gr at 3200fps, then the 243 is WAY faster. And that is Alliants R26 data for a 100gr pill. I looked at Hornady American Whitetail and Win power point loads and the 150gr 30-06 loads were close, but not faster. The 180 pills weren't even close, speed wise.</p><p></p><p>Bottom line is a 243 Win is a great deer round and there are many reasons to use one. The great thing is we all get to choose for ourselves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="300 Driver, post: 1324755, member: 91257"] No offense intended, but your statement seems a bit inaccurate to me. Have you shot a deer with a 243 lately? Once a healthy adult swallows a little pride, a 243 makes more sense than many other rounds. It's less recoil, which for 99% of the shooters out there, equals more accuracy. Deer aren't hard to kill when hit with an accurately placed bullet in any weight. Ammunition cost is higher in the '06 as well, as is weight of the gun, and noise if you're measuring differences. I reload for 243 Win up to 338 Win Mag and as for handloads, unless your 30-06 is pushing a 150gr at 3200fps, then the 243 is WAY faster. And that is Alliants R26 data for a 100gr pill. I looked at Hornady American Whitetail and Win power point loads and the 150gr 30-06 loads were close, but not faster. The 180 pills weren't even close, speed wise. Bottom line is a 243 Win is a great deer round and there are many reasons to use one. The great thing is we all get to choose for ourselves. [/QUOTE]
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