.243 for moose?

[corner]

I would go with a .30-30 bigger bullet and price is better take a look at the new Mosberg .30-30 lever good pad great price I got one last year a great gun the wife shoots it all the time and she is only 115 lbs. she loves it.

 

[MHouser]

This thread is BS. The next person to post a reply after this one is admitting that their ###ual orientation is questionable. Sorry, I'm only stating a fact.

 

[jrcbecher]

Howdy,
A lot of youth rifles are in .243 and in québec, that's the smallest caliber you can use for big game (specifically: moose, in my case). I normally use a 30-06, but if we ever have a problem with our main rifles, or if the girlfriends come over for a weekend during hunting season, we'd want to provide them with a rifle in case they see something and eventually, my son's going to come hunting with us (although that still several years in the future).

So I was thinking of getting a single-shot .243 as a backup rifle. Would you be confident in hunting moose (no farther than 100 yards away) with a .243? Bullet placement would be crucial obviously...

Fish

with such a wide choice why take the chance get a retired youth 303 from a army surplus or epps 7/57 army surplus