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Good post, Riposte1.
I too have been reading this and wondering how to contribute. I have seen many deer shot with everything from .243 to .338, and it is obvious to me that nothing can be counted on to always drop them on the spot. There are way to many variables.
All of them will kill deer, of course. Tracking after the shot will sometimes, no matter what you shoot, be necessary.
As a result I have now want good blood trails from almost any shooting angle. Good blood trails never happen from entrance wounds. A caliber that produces exit wounds almost all the time requires heavier bullets than either the .223 (which I consider completely inadequate for deer sized game) or the .243 (which is quite adequate for deer, but not a reliable blood trail producer because of light bullets.)
Of the two rounds being discussed, only the .243 is appropriate, but there will be times where its "stopping power" (I'm not sure what is meant by that exactly) and its ability to produce blood trails will be less than many other rounds.
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