Posted on Jul 27, 2021
.243 vs .308 Win Caliber Comparison: Ammo Guide for Hunters
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"These two rifle cartridges offer a wide variety of ammo to meet your needs for varmint hunting. From Pronghorn to prairie dogs to antelope to Whitetail deer, no varmint is safe from the 243 Winchester or the 308."
If You only have 1, I can understand the argument for the .243. On the other hand I have a scoped .17 for varmints, and a .308 for the serious stuff. A padded Hunting coat doesn't cost as much as a new rifle, I don't think anyway.
TSgt David L., SPC Randy Zimmerman,
SGT James Murphy, CPT Jack Durish,
COL Mikel J. Burroughs,
SPC Gary Welch, SGT Mark Anderson,
CPL Douglas Chrysler, Maj Marty Hogan,
1SG Steven Imerman, SMSgt David A Asbury,
MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi, MSgt David Hoffman,
SSG Michael Noll, MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
SGM Erik Marquez, CW3 Harvey K.
MSgt James Clark-Rosa, Lt Col Mark Avery
If You only have 1, I can understand the argument for the .243. On the other hand I have a scoped .17 for varmints, and a .308 for the serious stuff. A padded Hunting coat doesn't cost as much as a new rifle, I don't think anyway.
TSgt David L., SPC Randy Zimmerman,
SGT James Murphy, CPT Jack Durish,
COL Mikel J. Burroughs,
SPC Gary Welch, SGT Mark Anderson,
CPL Douglas Chrysler, Maj Marty Hogan,
1SG Steven Imerman, SMSgt David A Asbury,
MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi, MSgt David Hoffman,
SSG Michael Noll, MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
SGM Erik Marquez, CW3 Harvey K.
MSgt James Clark-Rosa, Lt Col Mark Avery
.243 vs .308 Win Caliber Comparison: Ammo Guide for Hunters
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Hunting
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If you are "prairie dogging" with a .308, you're wasting ammo unless you plan on eating them in which case the instant field dressing from the .308 will save you a lot time. The numerous .22 variants are extremely effective (on "varmints"), faster and cost much less. I also cringed at the paragraph in the article when they were discussing some of the attributes of the .243 with a picture of a bull Elk next to it. Now I know they didn't say "you can use the .243 on Elk" but too many folks will see that picture next to it and assume it would be okay. Using a .243 on Deer - yes, Elk -NO.
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