Greetings TXVshooter,I like the 243,mine is a browning BLR and with hornady 100 gr spire point I shoot just under 2 inches for 3 shots at 100 yards.My daughter used it till she got married and it wears a leupold 3X9.It's a super antelope round,the two I shot with it dropped in there tracks.Under the heading of favorite calibers some one said 243,but you better hit what your aiming at,and I agree.I wasn't thinking when I first let my daughter use it and one got shot too far back and I hated it for her.We found the deer but I think it suffered.In well seasoned hands it's tops for deer and lopes,and such ,but not a beginners round.One year in montana we were getting 25.00 per coyote and I took 7 in 2 days and used 90 gr hornadys.Drop-Shot