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Pretty much everyone on this thread is on point (when does that happen??!!)
The 223 WSSM is pretty much worthless, by the design concept and theoretical performance it should be the greatest .224 caliber ever created. In practice, it's a disaster. The short fat cartridges don't always reliably feed or chamber, and it's way over bore capacity so barrel life will be an issue; if you are okay with that (if you want an overbore .224) then it is also worth noting that the performance of the 223WSSM still falls short of the 220 Swift (created in the 1930's) and if you really like hot loads, it falls well short of the 220 Swift Ackley.
Not to mention those fat little cartridges have really thick necks, and if you want to use larger bullets or seat them more deeply--oops, so much that nice big powder charge, it won't fit!!
.243 is a fantastic caliber, efficient, adaquate for deer or anything smaller, and ammo is readily available.
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