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

[Pharmseller]

I’ve got one of the new MT 223 mags on order. I’ll report back how it works.

My new MT mags. Be advised the cartridges are 2.475”. 75 ELDM.






Lots of room.




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[TX_Diver]

My replacement shipped yesterday. Will update when I get a chance to try it out.

 

[Schmo]

Hoping mine comes in before I leave town next Saturday.

 

[MEdude]

For anyone wanting a hinged floor plate for a Howa Mini, there are a few in stock at Jefferson outdoors.

Mine has run flawlessly. Allows a 2.45 OAL.

 

[Choupique]

Yall talked me into it. Got some 73gr eldm factory loaded stuff on the way. Will test drive on some does in a few weeks. Shooting out of a 1:7 twist 16" AR

 

[Formidilosus]

The Mamba Mag 10 round Tikka 223 mag works well so far through three different Tikka’s.

 

[jonpall]

The Mamba Mag 10 round Tikka 223 mag works well so far through three different Tikka’s.

Convinced me to buy one.

 

[Brontosaurus]

The Mamba Mag 10 round Tikka 223 mag works well so far through three different Tikka’s.

Got two

 

[Matt5266]

Wanted to post this early black Friday deal I got from eurooptic. 1:8 twist, 16 inch barrel. Thread it and rock on. Price would be $575 with rebate.

 

[canyonhunter47]

.223, 74 grn Berger Jacketed Custom. Muzzle velocity 2950. 160 yards. Ouch.

What powder are you using to get those kind of velocities with heavier bullets?

 

[BryanL]

Shot a forked horn Black Tail Deer with my RSS. 18” barrel. Factory ELD-M 73gr. 95 yards. My kid spotted it and it was the first big game kill for me with the .223. It worked great!

First shot hit low (shot just under the body and blew out the off side leg). My scope was foggy from a shit of down pour rain here in western Oregon, standing offhand shooting, and Buck fever. It jumped and when it landed it face planted. As the thread discussed, recoil was so light it was easy to stay on the gun and cycle another round and shoot it better as it looked like it might try to standup. Hit the spine and high lobe of both lungs. It looks like most the bullet hit the spine and blew through some giant chunks of lung tissue. No exit. Dropped immediately and started agonal breaths. No tracking and very soupy on the inside. The picture with my gloves hand is the entrance and of course the scapula. I couldn’t even see the initial entry. Found the jacket embedded in the flap meat/hide. The vertebrae that was hit turned into the texture of course sand. I couldn’t tell where I hit it when I first got up to it. No blood everywhere (it was a high hit so that makes sense), but it didn’t matter since it literally hit the deck on the spot.

 

[hunterjmj]

Listened to a jvb podcast yesterday with a Hornady guy who talked about all the animals they shot in Africa with the 22 arc and the 22 creed. At the end of the show they concluded it's a whitetail and smaller cartridge. Jvb said it'll probably kill perfectly 9/10 times but it just doesn't have that margin of error for the 1/10.

 

[HighUintas]

Who is jvb

 

[mt terry d]

Listened to a jvb podcast yesterday with a Hornady guy who talked about all the animals they shot in Africa with the 22 arc and the 22 creed. At the end of the show they concluded it's a whitetail and smaller cartridge. Jvb said it'll probably kill perfectly 9/10 times but it just doesn't have that margin of error for the 1/10.

It would be interesting to know how many shots fall out of the "margin of error"
with heavier recoiling rifles. I betting more than 1/10.

 

[Gettincloser]

Who is jvb

Joseph Von Benedict

 

[Camv]

Doesn't he make money selling articles to magazines that spout "penetration and mushrooming"?
I'm sure some magazine sponsors would have a few things to say if they learned he was telling people a reliably opening match bullet will do everything you need.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

My new MT mags. Be advised the cartridges are 2.475”. 75 ELDM.


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Can you take a photo of where the round catches on the bolt like Form did here?

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

Mambamag 10 round. Metal feed lips, follower spring seems quite stiff- A little shorter than an AI 10 rounder- Factory 4 round magazine. Look at amount of base that is presented to the bolt face (black marker is line from Mambamag)- Mambamag, much higher presentation-...

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[DB29]

First .223 kill. 77gr TMK, 100yds broadside. 1 shot, through the lungs. Buck ran 100yds downhill. No blood trail. Pics of the entry and where the jacket of the bullet was recovered just under the hide on the far side.

 

[SloppyJ]

Well I'm a believer now! My son shot a little button buck this morning at around 40yds. 77tmk, 24.2gr varget, cci450s, starline brass. Entrance was on left shoulder and exit was at the point of the right shoulder. Slightly quartered. The deer came up on it back legs and fell over never to get up. This was his first deer with his very own rifle. 16" Tikka, DD wolfhunter, Trijicon Credo 3x9.

 

[Chris_in_Idaho]

Well I'm a believer now! My son shot a little button buck this morning at around 40yds. 77tmk, 24.2gr varget, cci450s, starline brass. Entrance was on left shoulder and exit was at the point of the right shoulder. Slightly quartered. The deer came up on it back legs and fell over never to get up. This was his first deer with his very own rifle. 16" Tikka, DD wolfhunter, Trijicon Credo 3x9.

I love the "Good Luck" on the brass!