Hey Billy,
You are my buddy for sure. I appreciate all your input. Good to hear lots of reports from guys who have experienced the various bullets.
The reason I'm asking is this: A Predator Masters member from Australia, VicFox, plans to come across the big pond and hunt with me next year. I'm trying to put together a rig that will put down yotes and bobcats without blowing holes in them. VicFox would like a trophy of each mounted. I've been leaning toward the .243 due to my love of the 6mm cartridge, but I can also use a .223 if need be. I have shot the 75 gr. Sierra HPs in the .243, get good accuracy, but haven't taken any predators with it. I was thinking perhaps it's too heavy, and that's why I loaded up some 58 grainers, thinking it might be more fur friendly.
I have a Dtech 6x45 that is a great predator outfit, but my "mate" prefers a bolt action.
The .243 is a short (20" barreled), light-weight Remington Model 7 that I am hoping to use, to find some decent fur-friendly loads - if that is even possible with a .243. I may be asking for the impossible with a .243, I just don't have experience with that cartridge on predators. So, I have been asking a lot of questions lately.
By the way, VicFox and I are in the process of finding places to go for predators. We already have a hunt scheduled with a PM member in New Mexico. Without being too forward, I hope, if someone has a good place to call predators - for VicFox to go home one happy guy, and would like some company, we would appreciate any invitations.
I plan to video the hunts as much as possible. I hope to get some decent footage for VicFox to have for memories sake, and would like to show him some good old American hospitality.
We are also considering going to Wyoming for antelope and mule deer, in trying to give him a variety of hunting opportunities other than just predators.
Sorry if I'm being too forward, just looking for possibilities that might give VicFox memories for a lifetime.
David