down grade or upgrade

[big toe 0]

Alright lads and lassies first time posting ,just lookin for some helpfull opinions,i currently shoot a 6.5x55 bruno and am thinkin strongly on down grading to a 243 as it is near impossible to get ballistic tip bullets and variety of bullets for the 6.5x55 and on another tought i was thinkin on gettin a 270 or 30.06,help please

[SportingShooter 0]

I would think strongly about getting a .270, see what precisely it has to offer you. Try and shoot one first

 

6.5x55 is a very good calibre and with most bullets the energies are pretty similar to that of the .243. But as you say, you can get a lot better Varmint bullets easily for a .243.

 

.30-06 is a vintage calibre, but is still being used a lot, do you have Reds there that would suit a .30-06?

 

Have a look at the 7mm Remington and the .308 Winchester.

 

SS

[Deker 3,478]

Alright lads and lassies first time posting ,just lookin for some helpfull opinions,i currently shoot a 6.5x55 bruno and am thinkin strongly on down grading to a 243 as it is near impossible to get ballistic tip bullets and variety of bullets for the 6.5x55 and on another tought i was thinkin on gettin a 270 or 30.06,help please

 

Frying pans and fires come to mind if you go 270, 30.06....MUCH wider choice in .243 if that is what you are after..but that is always the way with more popular calibres!!

[spiderfly 111]

to be honest i now every one who owns all them calibres and i`ve shoot all of them i think the 243 is the way to go!!

[big toe 0]

Alright lads and lassies first time posting ,just lookin for some helpfull opinions,i currently shoot a 6.5x55 bruno and am thinkin strongly on down grading to a 243 as it is near impossible to get ballistic tip bullets and variety of bullets for the 6.5x55 and on another tought i was thinkin on gettin a 270 or 30.06,help please

i have been on the net all night tryin to educate myself and all i have been readin about the 243 is its lack of knock down power and listening to lads sayin that they have had a great percentage of runners but then you read that the 243 is deadly accurate im lost

[Deker 3,478]

Alright lads and lassies first time posting ,just lookin for some helpfull opinions,i currently shoot a 6.5x55 bruno and am thinkin strongly on down grading to a 243 as it is near impossible to get ballistic tip bullets and variety of bullets for the 6.5x55 and on another tought i was thinkin on gettin a 270 or 30.06,help please

i have been on the net all night tryin to educate myself and all i have been readin about the 243 is its lack of knock down power and listening to lads sayin that they have had a great percentage of runners but then you read that the 243 is deadly accurate im lost

 

 

A .243 will knock down a Red Stag at 400yards with ease if you put it in the right place...just like any other reasonable round...put a 7mm Rem Mag up a Reds arse and it will walk away!! (perhaps limp away)

 

Larger/more powerful rounds give more tolerance...BUT that was NOT your original question!!!

[big toe 0]

Alright lads and lassies first time posting ,just lookin for some helpfull opinions,i currently shoot a 6.5x55 bruno and am thinkin strongly on down grading to a 243 as it is near impossible to get ballistic tip bullets and variety of bullets for the 6.5x55 and on another tought i was thinkin on gettin a 270 or 30.06,help please

i have been on the net all night tryin to educate myself and all i have been readin about the 243 is its lack of knock down power and listening to lads sayin that they have had a great percentage of runners but then you read that the 243 is deadly accurate im lost

 

 

A .243 will knock down a Red Stag at 400yards with ease if you put it in the right place...just like any other reasonable round...put a 7mm Rem Mag up a Reds arse and it will walk away!! (perhaps limp away)

 

Larger/more powerful rounds give more tolerance...BUT that was NOT your original question!!!

take it handy mate just lookin for some ans off people who know what they are talkin about

[Guest Mass_G3nocide]

Alright lads and lassies first time posting ,just lookin for some helpfull opinions,i currently shoot a 6.5x55 bruno and am thinkin strongly on down grading to a 243 as it is near impossible to get ballistic tip bullets and variety of bullets for the 6.5x55 and on another tought i was thinkin on gettin a 270 or 30.06,help please

 

 

 

.50 cal barret.Cant beat it.

[SportingShooter 0]

.50 BMG,

 

Barrett is the Maker

[SNAP SHOT 194]

i am simply going to make an observation here, last week a friend i know took a workmate from dublin hunting reds not far from where i live.

on the same morning i took a fallow at 226 yards with the .243, neck shot instant death, my friend with a 6.5x55 took his at 304 yards through the skull.

Now this fella landed with his .270 and my mate took him to an ideal place with plenty of close stalking due to the cover. And this is fact not a story...

they got to within yards of an 8 pointer stag which the shooter was happy to take with his .270..... BANG went out followed by thump.... the stag run and stopped about 140 yards away BANG again hitting the stag.....

When we made our way back to the cold room with our two fallow there was my other friend looking kinda angry....i took 6 shots to bring this small red down and an hour chasing him up into the hill.......6 fooking shots all the deer was good for was dog food.....my friend madde him drag the deer himself through the hillside so as to make him think before he ever pulls the trigger again...........

if your looking for a good round for deer with the 6.5 then go for the 129grain sst...by hornady you won't need nothing else......provided you can do your part.......

on the same instance i seen a deer hit at around 100 yards with a 30-06 and vanish, never to by found.......

in the last four years i've never had a deer run away from the .243 never........ SO is it really a downgrade......? bullet selection is excellent also as said, light recoil,but this can also be said for the 6.5, And as said the 30-06 is a vintage calibre which i'd say will be phased out sooner rather than later.........remember if you can put the bullet where it needs to go then there will be no problem with any rifle,

as for my choice .........................243 simple good luck in your decision....

[Guest Mass_G3nocide]

.50 BMG,

 

Barrett is the Maker

 

 

 

Smarty pants.

[hiho 5]

.50 BMG,

 

Barrett is the Maker

then what do you call a .416 barret

[mattydski 560]

.50 BMG,

 

Barrett is the Maker

then what do you call a .416 barret

 

Mr Barret, sir...

[SportingShooter 0]

.50 BMG,

 

Barrett is the Maker

then what do you call a .416 barret

You call it a .416 Barrett.

 

In this case the .416 Barrett is the name of the round.

 

.50 cal Barrett is not the name of the round. It is .50 BMG (Browning Machine Gun).

 

SS

[Deker 3,478]

.50 BMG,

 

Barrett is the Maker

then what do you call a .416 barret

You call it a .416 Barrett.

 

In this case the .416 Barrett is the name of the round.

 

.50 cal Barrett is not the name of the round. It is .50 BMG (Browning Machine Gun).

 

SS

 

Think I must have missed something here....

See ..even old dogs like me learn...NEVER heard of the .416 Barret round but there most certainly is a .5 Barrett round!!!

 

https://www.barrettrifles.com/store/web/p-9...-80rd-case.aspx