Need help deciding on a new rifle/ caliber

[HilltopHitman]

6 creed Seekins.

Buy it. Top it with a Night force or SWFA and be done. No "building" or messing around.

 

[Lou270]

Not used on black bear but a 243 works great on deer. However I have always thought a 25/06 or Weatherby cool. I don’t see why guys worry so much about what is “on shelf” these days when we order everything elsr from Amazon so could care less what my local little gun store carries on its shelf in my decisions. Any you mentioned will work fine so but what floats your boat

Lou

 

[claver]

22 and 25 Creed seem to be gaining more traction in the industry and are both very interesting. I’ll pick up a 25 Creedmore this year at some point.

 

[nm.otter]

SHOT, Sheep Show, DSC, and Western Hunt Expo all happen in the next four weeks. I'd wait and see what announcements come forth before I made my decision.

 

[nuffgun]

Not used on black bear but a 243 works great on deer.

Lou

.243 does fine on black bears. Killed my bear this spring with a 108 eldm out of a 8 twist tikka .243. I’m sure any c&c bullets would have done the same thing. The .243 win factory offerings are more than plentiful. From the 95 nosler BT and 95 sst, these two bullets alone have multiple factory offerings and are down right devastating bullets. Personally I’ve killed deer with the 87 vmax, 95 nosler BT, 95sst, 100 gr interlock (least favorite), and Speer 100 gr btsp, and now the 108 eldm. All killed fine. ( with the exception of the interlock leaving the smaller wound channel).Plan on loading the 95 tmk in 2026 out of my daughters .243 to see what that bullet will do. All this to say that the .243 Winchester still has a plethora of good/ available factory ammo from big city bass pro shops or scheels to small town gun shops and gas stations. I don’t see the .243 Winchester going anywhere anytime soon.

 

[mtnbound]

Hey everyone! This is my first post on here and I'm looking for some advice. I have been using my grandfathers marlin 30/30 for hunting since I was a kid, but the rifle has seen some better days and I made the decision to get a new rifle and only use the marlin occasion/ for plinking. The calibers I was mainly looking at were .243, 25-06, .257 wby. I originally intended to get a larger caliber but truthfully fell in love with the "smaller" calibers. I mainly hunt white tails and black bear but intend to go out west in the future. I'm having a hard time deciding especially because it's difficult to find rifles chambered in 25-06 and .257 wby. Now with the 25 rpm coming out that is also a contender for obv reasons. Just looking for anyone's input thank you !

Fast twist .243 or a 6CM is the easy button.
I wouldn’t do a Weatherby unless you reload as ammo cost is high for them.
I would just say no to the 25-06.