snapping turtle
Grandmaster
Your Granny was a tough old bird and obviously a fan of "use what you have".
But why punish yourself if you don't have to. The 7mm RM punished on both ends. The. 243 is plenty of gun for whitetails, as is the 6.5 Creedmoor and both are more likely to have you practice since you don't have suffer to do it.
Deer are just as dead with less personal self abuse.
she lived into her 90’s and that farm girl was tough. That rifle was my grandfathers. Might have been the only time I had ever seen it. And yes high powered rifles were not legal to hunt with then. She said she was protecting her property. “That stupid deer eat all my tomatoes and green beans.” “Even the marigolds “ “nothing eats marigolds “.