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mikejonestkd · March 20, 2007, 10:56 AM

I belive it was mentioned in Jack O Conner's book ' The Complete Book of Rifles and Shotguns " that he referenced a statement by Col. Crossman that a 100 gr .25 caliber bullet going 3000 FPS at the muzzle was just about the perfect whitetail/ antelope/ sheep round.

The .243 is darn near this ' ideal ' size, so are several other mild cartridges like the .257 roberts, the .250 savage, the .260 rem. the 6.5 X 55 swede.

All of these, like Art mentioned above "It kills bigger than it oughta."

March 20, 2007, 10:56 AM	#15
mikejonestkd Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2006 Location: Brockport, NY Posts: 3,716	I belive it was mentioned in Jack O Conner's book ' The Complete Book of Rifles and Shotguns " that he referenced a statement by Col. Crossman that a 100 gr .25 caliber bullet going 3000 FPS at the muzzle was just about the perfect whitetail/ antelope/ sheep round. The .243 is darn near this ' ideal ' size, so are several other mild cartridges like the .257 roberts, the .250 savage, the .260 rem. the 6.5 X 55 swede. All of these, like Art mentioned above "It kills bigger than it oughta." __________________ You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.