G'day
For the last 25 years I have shot with a 243.
When I first started hunting ,I read every thing I could get my hands on .
Internet and forums like this didn't exist , so it was magazines.
After months of research I realised that the 243 kept coming up as a caliber for the young, and inexperienced shooter because it doesn't kick to much ,and you learn to shoot it well.
So I went and brought one.
With it I shot more game than I can remember.
After about 4 years I thought that I was old enough, and experienced enough to graduate to bigger and better things.
The next 5 years saw a number of rifles and calibers come and go.
Then one day I came to a realisation.
I had been more successful and accurate with my kids gun (243) than any of the mans guns I had owned.
I downsized back to a 243 and my success and enjoyment returned.
During this time I got married and started a family, bought a house etc etc etc. Guns and hunting was replaced with work , kids , mortgages.
All I had left in my gun safe was a rimfire (which I love shooting).
Anyway after a few years of not shooting a center fire
it was time to get back on the horse.After hours and weeks of research, I decided on a 222 or 223.I went to the gunshop with a plan of attack.
But do you know what I came home with .
Second hand Winchester mod 70 243 with Leupold scope.
The 243 is just right.
Thankyou for your time
harro