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

MEdude

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Not goona lie. My cheap ass will not be paying $0.43 per pop, for 223 bullets LOL

Other heavy match bullets are not free…..around $28 / 100. So the extra $15 to have the privilege of shooting the original, the rare, the Legend, the Tipped Match KING!?!?!?!?!?
Well I guess I’ll have to just say, I’m blessed they aren’t charging twice the price.
Put my order in for a couple hundred.
 

bigunit

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I'm tagging this to read later. I built a 22-250 ackley this spring that shoots the 75eldm at 3450. I'd like to try it on deer at some point. Also thinking I may get an antelope tag this year.
 

wind gypsy

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I've got 200 rounds of them to test. Just need to get out.
Been reading a lot of reports that PSA is loading their 77gr OTM loads very hot. Curious to see how spicy these are.
The PSA 75 and 77 OTMs were hot in a factory tikka 223 for me for sure.
 
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The PSA 75 and 77 OTMs were hot in a factory tikka 223 for me for sure.

Hot as in not safe, or just nice and fast? NOTE: I know ZERO about reloading and have only shot factory ammo my entire life. So forgive me is this is an ignorant question. I don't mind asking them if I learn something. :)
 

wind gypsy

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Hot as in not safe, or just nice and fast? NOTE: I know ZERO about reloading and have only shot factory ammo my entire life. So forgive me is this is an ignorant question. I don't mind asking them if I learn something. :)

I had frequent sticky bolt lift that I don't typically experience in that rifle so i can say if it were a handload i would absolutely back off on the powder charge. Hard to say what is "not safe". I'm not particularly afraid to shoot them but i would consider the ones i've had to be too hot in my sample of 1 tikka 223 and I would not buy any more for the purpose of shooting them in that rifle. They run fine in the one 556 AR i shot them in. The ammo i'm referring to is 556 so one should expect them to be warmer loads and likely exceed SAAMI max pressure spec in a 223 rifle.
 

Formidilosus

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Hot as in not safe, or just nice and fast? NOTE: I know ZERO about reloading and have only shot factory ammo my entire life. So forgive me is this is an ignorant question. I don't mind asking them if I learn something. :)


Watched 600’ish of them shot in the last couple weeks from two different T3 223’s. Their on the warm side, but not unsafe or any issue.
 
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