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  1. 13-04-2023, 08:04 PM #1
    Taco
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    Why not go for the allrounder .243
    Don't have this caliber but I have almost everything else. for the reds in fiordland I use .270 or .308

    The farm that has fallow i can access shoots the fallow with his .223 and swears by it. He is a very good shot though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Taco View Post
    Why not go for the allrounder .243
    Don't have this caliber but I have almost everything else. for the reds in fiordland I use .270 or .308

    The farm that has fallow i can access shoots the fallow with his .223 and swears by it. He is a very good shot though.
    I have never really taken to the .243 and have never owned one either. A 6mm Rem might have tickled my fancy but one has never come up. Some now chamber their .243 rifles with 8 inch twists which would be an improvement but there are rifles here that don't get used enough already.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Taco View Post
    Why not go for the allrounder .243
    Don't have this caliber but I have almost everything else. for the reds in fiordland I use .270 or .308

    The farm that has fallow i can access shoots the fallow with his .223 and swears by it. He is a very good shot though.
    Have a casual read through these 173 pages and then make up your own mind.
    https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/...-moose.130488/
    Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing, and right-doing, there is a field. I will meet you there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahr View Post
    Have a casual read through these 173 pages and then make up your own mind.
    https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/...-moose.130488/
    Currently working my way through the linked thread. Again…. Like a good movie, sometimes it takes a second time round to completely ‘get it’. I’ve hunted with smaller cartridges before, but not properly. I’m eagerly awaiting the arrival of a .223 T3 so I can get after it with some 77gr TMKs. I’ll be adding to this thread soon…..
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  5. 14-04-2023, 04:04 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Taco View Post
    Why not go for the allrounder .243
    Don't have this caliber but I have almost everything else. for the reds in fiordland I use .270 or .308

    The farm that has fallow i can access shoots the fallow with his .223 and swears by it. He is a very good shot though.
    Why not have both? I have no complaint with either of mine
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