Thread: What calibre

243 any day , great caliber.

Originally Posted by deer243

"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,

No not at all, Im quite happy with the 243 but its interesting to see the different opinions, over here a lot of scotish estates wont let you use a 243 to shoot Red stags or Sika. I have shot a load of Deer with the 243 and nothing has gone anywhere, but Id like something bigger just to give me more options if nothing else and I wondered what you guys favoured, thats all....

Originally Posted by hawkfish

No not at all, Im quite happy with the 243 but its interesting to see the different opinions, over here a lot of scotish estates wont let you use a 243 to shoot Red stags or Sika. I have shot a load of Deer with the 243 and nothing has gone anywhere, but Id like something bigger just to give me more options if nothing else and I wondered what you guys favoured, thats all....

Stop this nonsense, get a 308

Originally Posted by Gibo

Stop this nonsense, get a 308

Sorry!

I might just have to do that! ��

Originally Posted by hawkfish

Sorry!

I might just have to do that! ��

+1 as long as it ends in '08'......

Originally Posted by Scouser

+1 as long as it ends in '08'......

6.5-08? Na get rid of the 08