Thread: Barrel length considerations

Greater range of factory offerings in .308, and if you can't get it anywhere they don't actually sell ammunition. .243 is usually available, but often with less options than the .308.

With the right pill positioned well .243 will drop anything, but .308 with the right pill drops anything betterer with a bit more tolerance for poor placement (although if you shoot the toes neither will kill). I've seen a 150gr .308 break up on the wallow mud shield on the shoulder of a stag, wide shallow wound and a lost animal. But a .243 even with a top grade bullet would not achieve anything better there - going to a stouter 165gr .308 pill by comparison has returned zero failures to date.

16" barrel is fine with .308, but make sure you get a suppressor and learn about caring for suppressed rifles...

Originally Posted by No.3

With the right pill positioned well .243 will drop anything, but .308 with the right pill drops anything betterer. I've seen a 150gr .308 break up on the wallow mud shield on the shoulder of a stag, wide shallow wound and a lost animal. But a .243 even with a top grade bullet would not achieve anything better there - going to a stouter 165gr ...

now Im NOT saying this is B.S. any more than recent post of 5 shots in boiler room of fallow and it still alive was...BUT in your case you didnt recover animal so cannot for certain CONFIRM thats what happened.
Ive shot a fair few big piggies over the years,the 30/30 to begin with,mighty .270 later and a dozen with .223 two of which were in 140lb class.... they are not armoured tanks,put the RIGHT projectile in RIGHT place and they die...heck you can put he wrong projectile in right place and they die too.