Advantages of a smaller caliber

[Adirondacks]

The trick with a 243 is to load your
own. Use 100 grain bullets and
pick a hot load. When loaded like this
it is a potent deer round. And I mean
it. Tales of the 243 being more than
the sum of it's part are many.
I've taken 3 deer with a 243 and 2 of
the three dropped within 50 yards and
the third (an angling away shot) dropped
at just over 100.
Also it's a very accurate and fun round
to shoot.