I shoot the shotgun sports with a mid-range Beretta. Would I shoot a fancy, engraved K80 if I had the discretionary coin to drop on one. . . . of course I would. That said, my old Beretta breaks birds just fine. Now, if the guy steering it just knew what he was doing. . . . . .
Ok, here's my tale. . . not meant to throw stones at christensen or anyone else. I picked up a used stainless Remington LA at a gun show: , a take-off .280 barrel on line, a used Remington TI stock on line. Opened up the chamber on the barrel to .280 AI; faced off the front of the action...
Not only for hauling deer out of the woods but for firewood, a load of gravel, construction projects etc. etc.. . . . How I got along without my trusty Polaris side-by-side, I'll never know.
I've loaded for perhaps a dozen different .243's using different bullets in the 80-90 grain range. I seem to always find myself going back to an old standby, H414 (WW 760).
I've primarily shot birds that sat pretty tight over a pointing dog. Never saw the need to use anything over than skeet and IC out of a well traveled old citori