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What is a 243 rock chucker??
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Anyone know much about this caliber?? Is it the same as 6mm.06?
 
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The .243 Rockchucker is the .257 Roberts necked down and slightly improved.Fred Huntington designed it in the 1950s.

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WC is very close... and that might be the parent,

it's the 7x57 necked down to 6mm and slightly improved, as the 257 is the 7x57 with no changes other than neck

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