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    Hunting with a .243-6mm-.240

    May 31, 2019 5 minutes
    David Duffy

    I could barely see two white specks on a rock platform way up in the hills. Grabbing my 8x30 binoculars, my suspicions were confirmed – feral goats. The Kimber 84M chambered in 6SLR would be fine on goats. By the time I reached the rock ledge, the pair had vanished. They had crossed into the neighbour’s property, so I came back down from the heights.

    That afternoon, I decided to stake out a dam until dark. A deer came and had a drink, but I had plenty of venison in my freezer. A fox approached within 100 paces of the dam but did a sudden u-turn and ran. The 90-grain Speer destroyed him.

    Popularity of the .243 Win in Australia far exceeds other commercial rounds in that bore diameter such as the 6mm Remington and .240 Weatherby – notwithstanding that

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