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.204, .223, .243 ? What do I buy? Anyone?
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<blockquote data-quote="Iowaboy" data-source="post: 287483" data-attributes="member: 16343"><p>Don't know if I canhelp with the decision or not but here we go. I just got back from a p-dog shooting trip with 5 other guys. I shoot a savage 12fv in 223, another guy shoots the same gun in 243, two others shoot 12 bssv in 22-250 and another with a pencil barreled (can't remember the model #) savage in 204. I believe my 223 in the quietest not that it matters. The explosion of a p-dog is very similar between any of the calibers. The 243 and 22-250 shoot a little flatter and buck the wind better, but I can get off more rounds before my barrel heats up due to less powder burned. The guy shooting the 243 can tell he has been shooting at the end of the day where my sholder doesn't even notice with the 223 agian these are heavy barreled savages model 12s. I shoot 55 gain vmaxs as do the 22-250s, and the 243 is shooting 65 grain vmaxs. The only reason I would pick the 223 over the 243 again would be barrel life. My 223 should last a long time where the 243 is ganna burn out in a few more 500 round trips to the p-dog towns. But he can still shoot deer legally here Iowa during late doe season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iowaboy, post: 287483, member: 16343"] Don't know if I canhelp with the decision or not but here we go. I just got back from a p-dog shooting trip with 5 other guys. I shoot a savage 12fv in 223, another guy shoots the same gun in 243, two others shoot 12 bssv in 22-250 and another with a pencil barreled (can't remember the model #) savage in 204. I believe my 223 in the quietest not that it matters. The explosion of a p-dog is very similar between any of the calibers. The 243 and 22-250 shoot a little flatter and buck the wind better, but I can get off more rounds before my barrel heats up due to less powder burned. The guy shooting the 243 can tell he has been shooting at the end of the day where my sholder doesn't even notice with the 223 agian these are heavy barreled savages model 12s. I shoot 55 gain vmaxs as do the 22-250s, and the 243 is shooting 65 grain vmaxs. The only reason I would pick the 223 over the 243 again would be barrel life. My 223 should last a long time where the 243 is ganna burn out in a few more 500 round trips to the p-dog towns. But he can still shoot deer legally here Iowa during late doe season. [/QUOTE]
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