Weight reduction and reliability, performance and a 1000 yard max effective range, common caliber for a squad automatic weapon.....whats not to like....:o)
I love the 243 .....
Stay Safe , thanks for the link.
I wonder if anyone has done much work with the 6.5 Jap? I know it is a fairly short case and would work in a lot of standard actions.
I think the main problem the Japs had with it was it did not work as well with tracers as a .31 caliber.
One of my college professors had a 6.5 Carcano. We took it out one day and he shot right through a pine stump. That was with surplus ammo.
What’s not to like? Costs of barrel replacements, if the loads push bullets as fast as the civilian ones. ;-)
.243 is lovable, BTW.