Back story:
Shoot/hunt fairly frequently. My wife grew up in WY in a family where both her parents and all siblings hunted. She is an excellent shot and a very good hunter. We have access to and shoot at a 600 yard range more wknds than not. While in WY we hunted deer (mulies) antelope, elk and small game often.
We currently live in the mid-west and primarily hunt whitetails but are more and more looking at hunting again out west.
While in WY we built her a nice 243 that was extremely effective on game while being enjoyable to shoot off the bench. She dropped large mulies out to 300y without issue. We foolishly sold that rifle but have since found a replacement. Will be building off a 200 SA platform. Stock, trigger and optics are yet to be determined but at this point am considering which chambering to use:
Short action
Low recoil- 243 level is about all she likes, a 260 is too much.
Effective on deer size game to 300 (would love 400- she can do it)
Feeds from a SF blind mag
Looking at everything, the 243 really fits the bill- and I have absolutely no objection with going that route- but if there is a round out there that does as much or more with as little or less I'm up for suggestions.
Thoughts?
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