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

[Bluumoon]

I’m trying to load up on components for practice this year…bullets and brass. Has anyone seen any great Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals? I’m stocked up on hunting bullets, but would like to get a bunch for practice. Don’t want to sacrifice much in terms of accuracy since I already suck at shooting and don’t want to further confound figuring out why I missed…and of course, I’m trying to get my cost per shot down. TIA

Loaded Norma rounds could be had for .50 cents last week (might still be a thing) the brass reloads well for me and likely cheaper than paying for empty good brass and loading 1st round.

 

[hunterjmj]

I few online suppliers are having free hazmat fees. If you can't find primers or powder locally this is a decent deal.

 

[KyleR1985]

I bought LC once fired 500(250x2) from sages reloading. With shipping my total is 16.6 cents per.

this is the only thing that’s stood out in my purchases. Everything else comes along at a sale or hazmat/shipping waived. Just be patient.

 

[robtattoo]

12pt whitetail, just this afternoon. I don't have full autopsy pics yet because I let my deer hang for a day or two before butchering. I'll update once I get the skin off.
124yds, extreme downhill angle. I was 12 feet up a tree, the deer was at the bottom of a VERY steep hill.
2517fps impact velocity from an 18" T3x, 77gr TMK
He ploughed about 20yds with no front legs, dead in maybe 5 seconds.

Entrance:
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Exit:
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UPDATE:
Yep, definitely wish I had more gun..... .223 is absolutely 'marginal'

Shoulder in place. Obviously 'crunchy' feeling.


Exit wound inside offside shoulder.


Interior of shoulder.


Exterior.


Bone fragments everywhere, tissue displacement you could throw a dachshund puppy through. All major bones completely shattered.

I never found any bullet fragments, but there is definitely no exit in the skin. I've yet to dig into the offside shoulder, there may be some copper & lead in there I guess, but nothing big enough to be obvious right now.