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<blockquote data-quote="Daryl licht" data-source="post: 692784" data-attributes="member: 53526"><p>I've guided hunters all over the state of new Mexico and without hesitation I can state " bring the weapon you can shoot the best". There is no substitution for trigger time. I wish all hunters could shoot the .338 class of cartridges well...but they can't. By well, I mean putting five shots into a paper plate. If you can put five into the plate at 500 yds. Then by all means use that as you maximum range but if you can do that at only a 100 yds. Then keep that as your maximum. Caliber by no means takes the place of placement. I've had a young man that has killed several nice bulls with a .257 Roberts hardly anyone's first choice as an elk round but he could put five into an area the size of a coffee cup and hit his animals in the neck. On the other hand I've seen poorly hit animals with a .340 weatherby run off and become a hot lunch for the coyotes. To me it sounds like you need to take your .243 and hit them in the neck or buy a larger caliber and a thousand rounds of ammo...and get good with it. Good luck my friend.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daryl licht, post: 692784, member: 53526"] I've guided hunters all over the state of new Mexico and without hesitation I can state " bring the weapon you can shoot the best". There is no substitution for trigger time. I wish all hunters could shoot the .338 class of cartridges well...but they can't. By well, I mean putting five shots into a paper plate. If you can put five into the plate at 500 yds. Then by all means use that as you maximum range but if you can do that at only a 100 yds. Then keep that as your maximum. Caliber by no means takes the place of placement. I've had a young man that has killed several nice bulls with a .257 Roberts hardly anyone's first choice as an elk round but he could put five into an area the size of a coffee cup and hit his animals in the neck. On the other hand I've seen poorly hit animals with a .340 weatherby run off and become a hot lunch for the coyotes. To me it sounds like you need to take your .243 and hit them in the neck or buy a larger caliber and a thousand rounds of ammo...and get good with it. Good luck my friend. [/QUOTE]
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