.300 Win Mag vs. .243
11-01-2006, 07:23 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2004
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RE: .300 Win Mag vs. .243
ORIGINAL: 45/70 Govt.
Can you all please explain to me which one has more power and better ballistics?
Can you all please explain to me which one has more power and better ballistics?
In case your serious:
.300 win mag of course has a ton more power but isn't as flat shooting as a .243.
However, .243 is only suitable for deer sized and smaller game where the .300 can take any north american game.
11-01-2006, 07:53 PM
#6
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wall SD USA & Jamestown ND
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RE: .300 Win Mag vs. .243
The 22-250 is a necked down 250-3000 Savage casing. The 300 Mag would have much more energy that the 243 which as mentioned above is a 308 necked down to 6 MM
11-01-2006, 08:25 PM
#7
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Port Neches, Texas
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RE: .300 Win Mag vs. .243
45/70,
Welcome to the board! The .243 Win. and it's virtual twin, the 6MM Rem. with good 100 gr. hunting bullets are a great minimum caliber for ANY whitetail deer! Light recoil and smaller bullets make the .243/6MM one of the best duel purpose (varmint/deer) cartridges available.
The .300 Win. mag. is quite a bit more powerful than the .243/6MM, (with the accompanying recoil) and is suitable for anything in North America. It's a little much for deer size game, but I'd rather be over-gunned than under-gunned.
I know I'll probably hear it for this but, for my personal deer hunting, I'd take the .243!
Welcome to the board! The .243 Win. and it's virtual twin, the 6MM Rem. with good 100 gr. hunting bullets are a great minimum caliber for ANY whitetail deer! Light recoil and smaller bullets make the .243/6MM one of the best duel purpose (varmint/deer) cartridges available.
The .300 Win. mag. is quite a bit more powerful than the .243/6MM, (with the accompanying recoil) and is suitable for anything in North America. It's a little much for deer size game, but I'd rather be over-gunned than under-gunned.
I know I'll probably hear it for this but, for my personal deer hunting, I'd take the .243!
11-01-2006, 08:40 PM
#8
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 493
RE: .300 Win Mag vs. .243
I didn't check any tables but I seriously doubt the 243 will shoot flatter than the 300 mag. also jag, what do you expect to hear, as I think the 243 makes perfect whitetail medicine,If I owned one I would certainly use it.
11-01-2006, 10:17 PM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pine Hill Alabama USA
Posts: 1,280
RE: .300 Win Mag vs. .243
Don't feed the troll guys. Take a look at when Magnum Man 300 claims to have left and when 45/70 Gov registered. Shocking coincidence considering they both post the exact same drivel like this. My 88 year old grandmother who never hunted knows a 300 win mag is far more powerful than a 243. I find it hard to believe this thread is based on a serious inquiry.
