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

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preface: if this has been answered here please share the page number or post number.

The only questions I have about using very small light bullets, ones not typically considered large enough... lets say for example a 223 caliber on a large bull elk to be specific.

I well aware it doesn't take much to kill most anything in the right situations.

Lets say your hunting bull elk with a 223, you see a nice huge trophy bull and take the shot. Your typically a good shot but maybe its not a perfect broadside target or something and you hit large heavy bone. How will a tiny 223 be affected with a heavy bone hit? How will increasing distance affect the same hit?
100yds?
200yds?
300yds?
400yds?
How far out would you go?
As mentioned, you really do need to read the thread in its entirety. Absorb the progression through the pages and give it time to soak in.
 
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PNWGATOR

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I wonder how a 22-250AI with 90 grain ATips @ 3300fps would fare?


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I’ve had inconsistent terminal performance with the Atip on big game and stopped using them all together due to the degree of inconsistency I experienced.
 

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My 9 and 11 yo sons doubled up for both their first deer on Christmas evening. 223 77 TMK from UM. One ran 30 yards and piled up the other dropped in its tracks.
 

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I’ve had inconsistent terminal performance with the Atip on big game and stopped using them all together due to the degree of inconsistency I experienced.
Really wish I’d stop hearing such things. Any reason to think the 90 could be different?
 

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The bc of the 88 is better than the 108 eldm and it's going faster in the creedmoors. It beats it from 0 to infinity.

Damnit, why am I just learning this. I’m in the process of setting up a rifle for the 108s.


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Damnit, why am I just learning this. I’m in the process of setting up a rifle for the 108s.


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LOL...just setup two rifles: One for 88's and one for 108's (where you can't use .224 for big game)
 

Nomosendero

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.270 vs .274 G7, not enough difference to matter but combined with the velocity would matter some.
But I do wonder if both are ran with 20" barrel and a suppressor as opposed to a 22-24" barrel if the 22CM is still faster or enough so to matter?

Damnit, why am I just learning this. I’m in the process of setting up a rifle for the 108s.


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jonpall

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Damnit, why am I just learning this. I’m in the process of setting up a rifle for the 108s.


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I know. Just when I think I have a plan I keep reading stuff like this and start second guessing myself.
 

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Have not read the thread, but in a couple weeks I'm going to see how a 70gr TTSX does out of a 10.5" + 6" suppressor on hogs. For science.
 
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