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I own a .270 Browning BAR that I really like, I also own a .243 Remington 700 I like, I used my friends 30.06 last year to take down a doe and I really liked it too.

.243 keeps getting mentioned as a kids gun. If you wan a gun for kids to shoot buy a .223. A .243 is a good versatile gun because you can buy a 100 grain bullet that will shoot at 2800 fps or you can buy a 55 grain bullet for varmits that will shoot at 3800 fps which I use for pigs. I would not put a .243 on the shoulder of my 7 year old.


A .243 is just as good a rifle as any to take a 200 yard shot. You can shoot the enemy in the Marine Corp at 500 yards with a .223 and drop them like a bad habit.

Why would anyone be concerned about a clean kill with a .243 at 200 yards. Put the rounds up next to each other. .243 is the smaller of the deer calibers but its not a small round.