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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Dang, thanks. I really want to get a Tikka but options seem to be very very slim for lefty and threaded. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Does anyone here know if a Tikka T3x lite stainless has enough meat at 20" to be threaded 5/8x24 for a suppressor? Did a few searches and I'm getting conflicting information. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Gotcha, I've only been reloading for the last year so I've had the opposite experience. I have 10 lbs of CFE 223 but have only seen varget once in person for $43 a pound. And I'm not willing to pay hazmat and shipping unless it's for 8lbers. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    CFE 223 harder to find than Varget? What world do you live in? I want to be there too. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    That is indeed correct. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    I was once confidently in the crowd of people that believed 223 was too small to reliably take anything bigger than coyotes. Reading though this thread and seeing the mountain of evidence contrary to that was very eye opening. It really made me realize that bullet selection and placement matters...
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Well you all convinced me to try it out! 77 TMK with 21.5 grains of IMR 4064 loaded to 2.260 out of a 16" AR. Shot was broadside at about 60 yards. Hit a rib on the way in behind the shoulder, smoked the heart and some lungs, hit a rib on the way out, and exited. Deer made a 20 yard sprint...

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