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

[MEwaters]

@Formidilosus I believe mentioned AAC in the last FF on shoot2hunt

Are you able to help point me in that direction? I tried searching but only came across the “calling form out” thread. I bought 200 of 73 eldm to gear up for November but I would also like to continue reading on this subject. I see he has recommended 73 here and didn’t mention aac.
I bet AAC tmk would be a great option, just curious why 73 eldm was recommended to purchase vs sourcing AAC Tmk from a few members here in response to those questions.
Don’t mean to boggle up this thread with repeats

 

[Gettincloser]

Are you able to help point me in that direction? I tried searching but only came across the “calling form out” thread. I bought 200 of 73 eldm to gear up for November but I would also like to continue reading on this subject. I see he has recommended 73 here and didn’t mention aac.
I bet AAC tmk would be a great option, just curious why 73 eldm was recommended to purchase vs sourcing AAC Tmk from a few members here in response to those questions.
Don’t mean to boggle up this thread with repeats

The hornady ELD-M is a great option but tends to be more readily available even at local shops. (Also more expensive...) both the ELD-M and TMK are great performers. TYPICALLY the ELD-M is mentioned when TMK is unavailable or if they need ammo in a couple of days or less due to wide spread availability.

 

[Billogna]

Are you able to help point me in that direction? I tried searching but only came across the “calling form out” thread. I bought 200 of 73 eldm to gear up for November but I would also like to continue reading on this subject. I see he has recommended 73 here and didn’t mention aac.
I bet AAC tmk would be a great option, just curious why 73 eldm was recommended to purchase vs sourcing AAC Tmk from a few members here in response to those questions.
Don’t mean to boggle up this thread with repeats

Any factory round offering the TMK is generally more difficult to find. The Hornady Match 73grn ELD-M is pretty easy to find on almost any sporting good store shelf and is generally much cheaper. Most of us would be hard pressed to notice the difference in terminal performance between the two as we simply don't see enough animals killed with either of them in our life time of hunting. Both bullets work extremely well! Form has stated multiple times that if all you could get was 73's then shoot them without hesitation. The 73's really are an easy button!

 

[Brucebarker024]

Wish me luck, boys and girls, I’m heading to deer camp Thursday. Opening day here in Oregon for rifle deer is Saturday the 5th.

Gonna use the Tikka Varmint with 75 gr ELDM again this year.

Hope to A. Get a buck and B. Bigger than last year.

Flying solo for the first time in a loooong time. Kinda nice to be first shooter for the first time since 2013.




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Good luck! I’ll be out in Oregon this coming week as well. Leaving tomorrow. I’ll be using something slightly larger though. Only because I don’t have a 223.

 

[Ajsomp]

Are you able to help point me in that direction? I tried searching but only came across the “calling form out” thread. I bought 200 of 73 eldm to gear up for November but I would also like to continue reading on this subject. I see he has recommended 73 here and didn’t mention aac.
I bet AAC tmk would be a great option, just curious why 73 eldm was recommended to purchase vs sourcing AAC Tmk from a few members here in response to those questions.
Don’t mean to boggle up this thread with repeats

It’s on the shoot2hunt podcast Form Friday - FF.EP.18 “meat loss with match bullets?”

He talks about a few topics but in there he mentions suitable ammo for 223 practice and mentions AAC in their various offerings. While not a “go buy this ammo” it’s an off the shelf TMK offering that is half the cost of black hills. Will I still use BH as my primary - yes. But I’ll shoot just about anything 69 grain and up for practice. And if I really had to - I would practice with 55 grain.

 

[primarchtimmy]

I have. Also read the multiple threads here and arfcom and not sure if it’s as recommended as BH given the test results and possible QC concerns. Haven’t seen any game threads on it yet. If the aac is highly recommended vs the 73eldm or gold dot or a tsx then I would go for it

I'll be using ACC 77 TMK this year. I'll be posting

 

[Ajsomp]

I'll be using ACC 77 TMK this year. I'll be posting

I plan to take at least one deer in NC/SC with them

 

[ElPollo]

UPS just dropped this off.

 

[hunterjmj]

If you guys want some good ol fudd lore and entertainment from some uneducated folks then you'll enjoy this video.

Watched this last night and my wife said the one guy is too squishy to take seriously.

 

[Reddish]

If you guys want some good ol fudd lore and entertainment from some uneducated folks then you'll enjoy this video.

Watched this last night and my wife said the one guy is too squishy to take seriously.

He said he read a lot of the forum, but I guess he didn't look at any of the hundreds of photos of dead animals.

I don't need any additional competition for 77gr TMK's so I hope lots of people agree with him...

 

[The Guide]

If you guys want some good ol fudd lore and entertainment from some uneducated folks then you'll enjoy this video.

Watched this last night and my wife said the one guy is too squishy to take seriously.

The comments are as to be expected on that video. Him arguing with everyone that says try it before you knock it and a ton of fudds telling him how right he is and you need a 270 or an '06 for hunting.

Jay

 

[Ajsomp]

If you guys want some good ol fudd lore and entertainment from some uneducated folks then you'll enjoy this video.

Watched this last night and my wife said the one guy is too squishy to take seriously.

He’s also firmed encamped in the nosler AB camp as opposed to match bullets. my guess is he would never openly discuss on a podcast or entertain a healthy dose of facts vs his feelings on the matter

 

[KY_coop]

Anyone with info of the berger 73gr on animals? Just got a tikka .223 and have a few boxes of it. Got to shoot for first time today and it shot great. I did a search but didn't come up with a whole lot.

 

[Reddish]

Anyone with info of the berger 73gr on animals? Just got a tikka .223 and have a few boxes of it. Got to shoot for first time today and it shot great. I did a search but didn't come up with a whole lot.

Not sure if your rifle likes them, but the 73gr Berger OTM is pretty ferocious on deer, too. Not a great number of samples for me, but in discussing it with Form prior to using it, he had some experience with it too. It's somewhere back in the pages of this thread, I believe.

Some info here.

 

[Dorian Gray]

UPS just dropped this off. View attachment 772452

Just when I thought I had jerked off enough today you go and post this...sigh...

 

[PNWGATOR]

If you guys want some good ol fudd lore and entertainment from some uneducated folks then you'll enjoy this video.

Watched this last night and my wife said the one guy is too squishy to take seriously.

Dang…

Literally dumbfounded.

 

[mt100gr.]

Anyone with info of the berger 73gr on animals? Just got a tikka .223 and have a few boxes of it. Got to shoot for first time today and it shot great. I did a search but didn't come up with a whole lot.

 

[mt100gr.]

^^^and that was spot on for the few deer we shot with them waiting on TMKs. I wouldn't hesitate to use them again, tho.

 

[TNHighlands]

Can't fix stupid.

Nothing is more mind numbingly infuriating than arguing with dumb people who can't be convinced of something. despite significant scientific and anecdotal evidence.

Life gets easier when you just ignore them.

 

[Thegman]

If you guys want some good ol fudd lore and entertainment from some uneducated folks then you'll enjoy this video.

Watched this last night and my wife said the one guy is too squishy to take seriously.

I would like this video embedded at the beginning of this thread as a Public Service Announcement. It would save a lot of reading.

When I've looked for info on terminal ballistic tests, and click on something from this guy, I've learned the back button is my friend. I'm not sure he actually hunts anything other than plastic milk jugs, and isn't even very good at that.