MattShlock
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What's .338 Lapua going for? .458 Win Mag!? They also wouldn't really apply to a prairie dog town or for target shooting IMO if not most experienced shooters'.
OK, back to the beginning:Nope.
There is no perfect "do-all" rifle if you consider how much it's going to cost to shoot.
We are just throwing out suggestions. I can purchase 7.62x39 for $5.29/box. What's 243 going for?
White tail, coyotes, possible hogs, prairie dogs, and general target shooting.
I think those suggesting 7.62x39 for a choice including varmint hunting and target shooting should be embarrassed if not ashamed of themselves.
Uhhh....yeah. Because it's true. I can load for my .204 or 22-250 for about 20 cents a round. Factory stuff is 10x that or more. Caliber is a non issue when you reload. All pretty much costs the same until you get into bigger calibers or high end bullets.You'll see a lot of people start to crow about uncommon oddball and obsolete cartridges soon largely because they're what they got handed down to them by grandad or bought cheap on closeout. They'll have to tell you how easy reloading is because that'll be the only sure way to get ammo and in weights you might need.
I agree they can't really be compared. My point was while the 243 isn't a great varmint cartridge that given a choice between the 243 and 7.62X39 I'll choose the 243. That was all. I guess I could have used a 100 grain 243 also looking back.Reloadron. Nice little write up but you cannt rightly compare ballistics of a 80 gr 243 to a 124gr 762x39 and expect anything extraordinary. If I was goin hunt with a 39 I'd buy superformance or just load my own.
I was aware the .223 was illegal for deer in several states but not the .243 so many thanks for that enlightenment.Ron. In this neck of the woods all of the above are illegal for deer. The risk of wounding and torturing the animal outweighs the fun factor. Makes it less than a 100 yards allowed for a kill.
From what distance are you sure to kill your game humanely?
YZ said:Ron. In this neck of the woods all of the above are illegal for deer. The risk of wounding and torturing the animal outweighs the fun factor. Makes it less than a 100 yards allowed for a kill.
OK, like here in Ohio where you can't hunt deer with a rifle, any rifle. Now I get what you were saying. Thanks....I did not say any rifle caliber is allowed here for deer. None of them. I was addressing someone from elsewhere who said he can have a 243. Then 30 cals should be ok as well.
It'll be the most common response here in this thread because the OP's stated objective might as well have read, "A .243 is just about perfect for my needs, so what do you recommend I get?" But I say the .243 is often under-appreciated because it is very often an excellent choice when many people seem to be REALLY wanting to go with a 5.56 mm of some sort, or a 6-mm or 6.5-mm or 7-mm, seemingly for the "exotic" nature of some of those cartridges, or even trying to down-load a 30 caliber to do some lighter-duty job. Not necessarily in this thread, but in general when the "What's the best caliber for my all-purpose gun?" type of question, people often overlook the .243 or really work hard at justifying some more rare and exotic round, IMO.Underappreciated?
.243 will be the most common and reasonable response you'll get here, I'm certain.