What would you do?

Got both, use the .243 more as the lighter round works well on the foxes and Muntjac, I take the .270 when we travel for Fallow, also a few of them around here.

You will enjoy the .243 as I have mine.....


Tim.243
 
Pretty sure you will love the T3. Stainless/laminate looks nice and should be extremely durable. I've seen many many more posts praising them than ones complaining. In fact I think the only negative things I've really heard about them are:

plastic bolt shroud
plastic mag

And of course "it's not a 595/695' As apparently they were in some way "better".

I think you've made solid investment.
 
T3 ? go for it its a nice shooting rifle, plastic bits can be change so easy by the owner and if you are not that way inclined you tube will show you how , yeh I have a 695 in 280 , but looking at the t3 in .223 for fox , .243 is a good choice my shooting bud has one you wont be unhappy .

forgot to add (D) if you are still having to think ??
 
Get yourself a .25 cal, talk to anyone who shoots one and they will tell you they are a hammer, will drop anything we have here on the British isles, mates have 25-06 and 25-06 AI, i have a 257 Roberts Imp and another two mates have 257 Weatherbys, can be loaded with 75 grn V-max for varmints and 120 SPs for big game.

Ian.
 
Whitebeard said:
Get yourself a .25 cal, talk to anyone who shoots one and they will tell you they are a hammer, will drop anything we have here on the British isles, mates have 25-06 and 25-06 AI, i have a 257 Roberts Imp and another two mates have 257 Weatherbys, can be loaded with 75 grn V-max for varmints and 120 SPs for big game.

Ian.
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What quarry do you shoot with your 257? Any pictures?

Tim.243
 
get a 762/308 be done with the small stuff
service rifles are fun old mouser are very nice
then put a modern barrel on it for better accuracy
i am all about the old

or stop playing games and get a 375 does up to elephants
 
Like others say and I did stop "fiddling about" with .270 this, 7mm that, .280 the other. Get a true "one stop shop calibre" - .30" '06 - and don't look back. There isn't much here there and everywhere it won't do the job. And for your foxes a dedicated .222", .223", .22"-250 or .243". The first, second and last will cover your "small deer" too.
 
Its probably all down to taste and how you shoot each particular rifle.

I dislike my 308 and hardly ever use it, too much recoil not enough accuracy due to overcompensating for the expected recoil.

I love my 243 and just knowing I can stick a bullet through a 10pence piece at 100 no matter what, and I use it weekly

I am excited by the accuracy long range of my latest 22/250 and frankly if theyd let me shoot deer with it, I'd sell the 243 and just keep the 308 for the odd occasion I need a sledge hammer

or rather for when someone else believes you need to use a sledge hammer and wont let me use a 22/250 or 243

Pretty sure theres nothing that walks the UK that could survive a 22/250 to the head.
 
Before the Deer Act and all that, Chasey, some even used AND PRAISED .220 Swift for red deer. There's articles on it in "Shooting Times" "Notes From The Hill" of the period. When "ST" was a lot different (not better...just different) than from today. So your .22-250 with the right circumstances, correct bullet and placement is/was quite adequate Deer Act notwithstanding. Same use of commonsense that viewed .300 Sherwood (140 grain bullet at 1,400 fps) as an eminently practical and SAFE calibre for park fallow deer.
 
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You have the answer to your own problem if you don't enjoy shooting 270 find a different calibre you must know where to find a range and rifles to try various calibres find one you are comfortable with you will shoot much better and it follows enjoy it more. too many people preach firepower but it's no use if the most important factor is absent that's bullet placement. I am not advocating using illegal calibres but years ago I remember a stalker in Scotland shooting sika with 22 hornet because he could not get to dealers for his 7mm ammo he insisted put the lead in the right place and you can kill anything.
 
Option B personally! 😄

Can't go wrong with .308 in my eyes. I know there are those who roll their eyes and say "but EVERYONE uses a .308". But there's a reason for that - it's bl00dy good haha!
 
Hi,

I would keep the .270.

I bought a Sauer 202 XT in .243 which has a set trigger which I like. I use the .243 on fallow does and prickets, but I use a 6.5 x 55 Mauser M03 for fallow bucks.

My stalking buddy has a rifle in 6.5 x 47 which is very accurate and worth considering.

Regards,
 
Keep the .270

and then add the .243. It's a very versatile cartridge and pretty much perfect for foxes and deer. Ok big stags - well you have 270. 243 can be let down by wrong choice of bullet - keep the ballistic tip, varmint style for foxes, and use a standard soft in 80 to 100gn on everything else.
 
If you're set on replacing the .270, then I can recommend the following perfect combo: .222 and .308.

I quite like the .243, but once I had a .308, I found myself using it less and less.

I do have a .270 (two, in fact), and like them - but they are slightly more specialist tools, and I try to avoid using them on small fallow and roe, while I'm quite happy to use the .308 on these.

.222 is just a deeply lovely cartridge, and everyone should have one.

But if forced to have a single gun, it would be the .308, without hesitation.
 
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