Thread: Good caliber to start hunting with?

Originally Posted by Danny

The .243 is a great place to start. I'm always wary of going to a 308 or 7mm when starting out.
The secret with a 223 or 243 size is the shooter learns to shoot, I had poked through 2000 rounds through my Parker-hale by the age of 16years and I could shoot hares and goats at 300m+/- but put the old mans 308 up and I'd always flinch.

I went 46million 177 daisy pointed hunter pellets, then 22lr then sporterised 303 smle complete with brass butt plate and was actively hunting with it from 14,around 16 I purchased my first rifle of my own a BSA majestic in 308,with about 4 inches cut of the barrel,crooked,with a haqcksaw....But it had a scope and that was cool