Thread: Why the 243 is ideal for the elderly

The only person I will even listen to about 'this calibre is shit/useless/whatever' is when they stand in front of one at 5m and let someone shoot them with it. If you think a calibre is 'useless' then stand in front of one and get shot by it. Otherwise it isn't 'useless'. It may not be as awesome as you are - lets face it who is?. The one thing I find shit is people 'bagging' a calibre because they deem it 'shit or useless'. If it's useless it has NO use, none. Therefore stand in front of the fucking thing and say it's useless after you've been shot with it.
I'm sick of the best calibre, what calibre is best bunch of fucking bollocks and I've only been hunting a few years. How you lot can harp on about it day in and day out defies belief. Either shut up about how useless a calibre is or prove how 'useless' it is by being shot with it.

Originally Posted by MEB

The only person I will even listen to about 'this calibre is shit/useless/whatever' is when they stand in front of one at 5m and let someone shoot them with it. If you think a calibre is 'useless' then stand in front of one and get shot by it. Otherwise it isn't 'useless'. It may not be as awesome as you are - lets face it who is?. The one thing I find shit is people 'bagging' a calibre because they deem it 'shit or useless'. If it's useless it has NO use, none. Therefore stand in front of the fucking thing and say it's useless after you've been shot with it.
I'm sick of the best calibre, what calibre is best bunch of fucking bollocks and I've only been hunting a few years. How you lot can harp on about it day in and day out defies belief. Either shut up about how useless a calibre is or prove how 'useless' it is by being shot with it.

So... you deny that there are valid reasons to select one calibre over another?

Originally Posted by gimp

So... you deny that there are valid reasons to select one calibre over another?

Also, for my stance on "calibre arguments", please see my first post in this thread. It's done to death and I've got my own opinions (which are correct).

Originally Posted by gimp

So... you deny that there are valid reasons to select one calibre over another?

No Gimp, not at all. Exactly the opposite. Whatever calibre you choose for yourself is up to you. But to say a calibre is uselss indicates that you think it has no use. If your that convinced it has no use then be shot with one. Otherwise it has a use and by definition cannot be described as 'useless'.

...and of course your opinion is correct - It's your opinion. Same as mine is correct. You can disagree about my opinions or whoever's but you cannot say that they are wrong - they are an opinion.

Too much , now that's down to earth and yeah there is a lot of that `useless` talk these days , over the 40 years hunting with a few rifles and calibres , cant say I have owned anything useless and if I didn't get a clean kill it was fault of my own

Ain't that the fucking truth

Originally Posted by lloydcj

Too much , now that's down to earth and yeah there is a lot of that `useless` talk these days , over the 40 years hunting with a few rifles and calibres , cant say I have owned anything useless and if I didn't get a clean kill it was fault of my own

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

I don't even know where to start....
All I can say is it's horses for courses.
Different bullet weights & construction make a massive difference to performance.

Nailed it Greg

Virtually every "deer" caliber is an excelent killer IF the right pill is selected for the IMPACT velocity at intended RANGES and it put in the intended place.

However I think most of his arguement hinged on barrel life.Witch for the average hunter is well more than acceptable.

Excuse spelling something has happened to my sqiggely red lines

Barrel life? Every barrel on the planet would last longer than my life for me. I shot 20 rounds a year on average with my centrefire - prolly why my shooting isn't consistent. I'd shoot more if I could afford more. For me barrel life is not an issue at all.

I have a 7mm 08 apparently its a yuppie calibre, so I bought a .223 too

I don't think that being shot with a certain calibre is very useful to me.

Originally Posted by gimp

I don't think that being shot with a certain calibre is very useful to me.

This actually applies to all calibres.

Originally Posted by gimp

This actually applies to all calibres.

I don't think being shot with anything would be particularly 'usefull'

Does that mean you won't shoot me?

Originally Posted by gimp

Does that mean you won't shoot me?

Just run off to past 100m and I'd miss

And besides - your far too 'usefull' to shoot

Awww crap nothing says "you are wrong" more than a bunch of miscreant sycophants agreeing with you.I withdraw my previous comments and my monty python quote.Jakewire you are right I am wrong.The .243 is an Absolutley worthless Caliber.For my penance I will keep shooting this absolutley worthless caliber for the forseeable future and here by refer to it only as "the Awk".