What .243 Is In Your 'Never To Be Sold' Collection?

c-fbmi said:
A man can't own too many 243s, this is a cartridge that I fell in love with more than 40 years ago and have shot out barrels on 2 of them to date. And when I say shot out I don't mean 1500-2000 rounds I'm talking tens of thousands of rounds per rifle. Currently I have 3 or 4 so the same thing doesn't happen again, I rotate them now. None will leave my vault till I'm cold. I have an old Browning /Sako with beautiful wood, a Ruger RSI and my old Rem 700 (used to be a BDL) now it's a CDL, wearing a Vari-X III 3.5-10. Oh ya the fourth was a custom fluted barreled job on a 700 action done by Corelane, but I turned it into a 6mm-284. And I briefly had a 700 SPS, but it got donored to my 22-284. So 3 it is right now, not necessarily all that will be in the future.
243 is the best kick around small game rifle IMHO, they all shoot outstanding and are capable for deer and antelope, hell on wolves and coyotes, fantastic for gophers and badgers, pigeons, skunks....................and they are capable of reaching out to 500 mtrs quite niclely, when whichever furry critter thins it is safe. I shot thousands of jackrabbits on the Alberta prairies with my 243, standing, running, offhand, rested, off snowshoes....................that first 700 BDL 243 and prairie jacks contributed greatly to the level of proficiency that I have attained in shooting rifle. I never get tired of the 243 and have shot 400 rounds in a day.
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What the heck did the bore look like after 10 000 rounds of .243? I've seen a fair number of barrels in less overbore cartridges with half that number of rounds and clear erosion in the first few inches of the bore (granted it doesn't affect hunting level accuracy at that point.)
 
2 years ago I didn't own one .243.

Picked up a 700 SS in .243, stuck it in a laminated stock and threw a 6x36 Leupold on it.

Somehow there are 4 of them now, a 6mm, .244, and a 6mm Ackley.

But I still grab a .257 when I go hunting.
 
cam1936 said:
What the heck did the bore look like after 10 000 rounds of .243? I've seen a fair number of barrels in less overbore cartridges with half that number of rounds and clear erosion in the first few inches of the bore (granted it doesn't affect hunting level accuracy at that point.)
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The throat erosion was extensive, I cut my first 700 barrel off at the case mouth of the chamber, to build a little 6mm hornet. The hornet case fell right in the hole, had to take another 1.5 inches off to be able to chamber it.
 
My one and only 243 is a mid 80's Winchester M70....It doesn't get used much anymore, but it most likely isn't going anywhere either.
 
Remington Model Seven w/ Leupold 3x9 Lightweight and Browning Model 81 w/ Leupold M8 6x. Both .243's are older blued/wood rifles that hit where they're aimed. But of couse nothing is certain...;)
 
SAKO AI 6PPC Sporter
SAko rings
Kahles fixed 6 Power ,with tapered reticle

This is the only hunting rifle in 243/6mm that I own and I just bought, hope it shoots as well as my PPC Target rifle!

Cheers Dale Z!
 
Well I don't know if this really fits here or counts but its my only .243 cal rifle and it did start out as a .243 Win.

Charles Daly by Zastava, rechambered to .243-06 AI. I bedded the action and free floated the barrel which seems to have eliminated flyers. Bushnell Elite 4200 3-9x40. Shoots under an inch with the one load I've worked up for it so far.
 
I bought a .243 this past fall because I dislocated my shoulder and couldn't stand recoil. After an incredible string of bang flop deer I can't fathom selling it.
Remington 700 totally stock with a Vortex Viper 2.5-10x42. (I do think the handloads helped a bit ;) )
 
I currently have 3, 243's, a BLR 81, a Pre 64 Model 70 and a Model 670.
If I were to keep only one it would be the 670 the first center rifle that I bought.
Still shoot like it was meant to and battle scars to go along with the age. I think they call that patina.

David
 
Model 10 Savage, Predator Hunter, .243. Have an 8-32 Burris on it right now and it shoots very tiny groups, love it. I'll be keeping this one.
 
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good day everyone:
well,my favorite never to sell 243 is 1968 vintage remington m660,it has a timney trigger,a custom stock,cvmw bottom metal and a busnell elite 4-12 ao scope.it was a project that got a little carried away.
it shoots 87 grainers into a very small group.
Z
heres a before and after pics
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