Thread: What calibre

"Yawn" . Another case of someone who has been brain washed into thinking bigger is best lol. Its horses for courses. If bush stalking or shooting within 200m a 243 is PLENTY of fire power for any Red in NZ. I havnt lost one deer or pig yet with my 243 after being hit with in 0-200m with good ammo. Unless you doing longer range shooting every now and again theres no need to even think about changing to a "bigger" calbre. A 243 will still knock over game at 300m -400m if need be but if you shooting more than 200m a reasonable percentage of the time then i would recommend going to something like a 308 as its a fact that something like that performs better at the longer rangers than a 243.
But if 95 pcent of your shooting is 0-180m etc i have found the 243 will drop anything no prob and seems to be even better than the BIG Bangers as lots of hunters think because they using a cannon just getting it on and pulling the trigger it they drop the animal.
Have mates that use a 308, 3006, 270 and they all have shot deer in the past within 200m and they all have stories of the one that got away, or have run a fair distance after being it. never had a deer run more than 50yards ever if hit with my 243 at a reasonable distance,