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

[Anschutz]

Note to anyone just starting the thread...just buy all the things now, then start reading...you'll end up with all of it by the end of the thread anyway. Except by the end, you'll be ready to go, and wont have to anxiously wait for everything to arrive like me.

Seriously though, what a wealth of info here and I'm excited to read through it again.

Good for you. I think everyone needs a bolt 223 even if you don't/can't use it for hunting for cheap trigger time. Preferably set up exactly as your primary.

I do not yet, but I currently hunt in a bow, shotgun, muzzleloader area. I could take a CF rifle to state land or find a lease/ willing landowner, but I can be door to in stand in about 30 minutes so haven't.

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[MEdude]

Why just the lower 48? If it’s on par with anything you’ve seen from a 30cal why not on Grizzly or Brown Bear? 30cals take them down all the time.

Oh boy…. Might wanna read some more before posting…. Just sayin.

 

[Shraggs]

Oh my. This is what number six…

 

[roosiebull]

Oh my. This is what number six…

This month?

 

[mt100gr.]

I read plenty. Good thing for me I have been apart of atleast 200 big game kills in my life. Elk, Barbary sheep, Bear, Oryx, Deer. Antelope, Ibex. I’ve been to Alaska hunting. I already know what I need to know. I shoot a 338 ultra 250 Berger. Instant death. 9lb rifle. Probably the least lethal kill I have ever personally had was from a 6.5-284 Norma 140gr AB. Had to shoot a 180” muley twice at 150 yards Go book a hunt in Alaska and tell your guide your bringing a .223

WHEN you get around to reading this thread (because its obvious that you have not....), you'll see that the OP is trying to get to AK to take a bear with the .223.

 

[wmr89]

I already know what I need to know.

Why would I read all 315 pages.

Then why are you here? lol

 

[Shraggs]

For new here you seem remarkably aggressive ???

it’s a shame you see no value in reading - it is possible you may discover something new.

Personally killed 150+ deer, not sure how many additional I’ve been a part of. I definitely was in the magnum camp, my 500 nitro express +p rcm magnum shooting 1000 grain bonded partion/tsx/ devastate anything. Been hunting long time… at my age, one time I dropped a T-Rex, DRT too with complete pass thru. Real assuring if I had to track him.

All kidding aside, these days I’ll take 4 lbs of recoil death ray in most situations.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

I read plenty. Good thing for me I have been apart of atleast 200 big game kills in my life. Elk, Barbary sheep, Bear, Oryx, Deer. Antelope, Ibex. I’ve been to Alaska hunting. I already know what I need to know. I shoot a 338 ultra 250 Berger. Instant death. 9lb rifle. Probably the least lethal kill I have ever personally had was from a 6.5-284 Norma 140gr AB. Had to shoot a 180” muley twice at 150 yards Go book a hunt in Alaska and tell your guide your bringing a .223

Troll or are you being serious?

 

[fwafwow]

Wow. That was fast.

 

[Pistolpete28]

I just started looking into to this thread after hearing about it on the S2H podcast. Has anyone experimented with .25 caliber projectiles? I have a weatherby 257 that is currently just sitting in my safe

 

[Chris_in_Idaho]

Here you go. 15 pages of quarter bore love:

.25 Cal (Quarter Bore) / Big Game Success - 25 Creed, 25-284, 25-06, 25 PRC, 25 SAUM

With Berger making high BC 25 Cal bullets and Hornady jumping in, I would love to see people’s results.

rokslide.com

 

[Pistolpete28]

Here you go. 15 pages of quarter bore love:

.25 Cal (Quarter Bore) / Big Game Success - 25 Creed, 25-284, 25-06, 25 PRC, 25 SAUM

With Berger making high BC 25 Cal bullets and Hornady jumping in, I would love to see people’s results.

rokslide.com

Thanks for the information!

 

[sierracharlie338]

 

[Chris_in_Idaho]

And where are those from?

 

[sierracharlie338]

And where are those from?

The lanbos website that was linked recently. Definitely a solid company to deal with

 

[ianpadron]

77TMK last evening. 195 yards.

I like

 

[Shraggs]

Humor is hard to do texting. Sigh, I didn’t shoot a T. rex.

 

[MEdude]

But if you could, you would, and with a .223 Tikka slinging 77 TMK’s…. And that’s all that really matters in this thread.

 

[grfox92]

.223 for anything big game?

I saw on another forum that the .223 is the ultimate do all hunting cartridge. Even as good as big 30 cal rifles. Even after reading the thread I’m just not convinced. I have my own experience with all kinds of cartridges on big game animals. However this is the place that I trust for...

www.longrangeonly.com

Thread over on LRO about this thread.

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[mxgsfmdpx]

.223 for anything big game?

I saw on another forum that the .223 is the ultimate do all hunting cartridge. Even as good as big 30 cal rifles. Even after reading the thread I’m just not convinced. I have my own experience with all kinds of cartridges on big game animals. However this is the place that I trust for...

www.longrangeonly.com

Thread over on LRO about this thread.

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