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

[Matt5266]

Only blood trails I've had on bears are from archery kills. Never any on a rifle shot bear.

 

[Mikido]

The only blood trail from a bear I’ve ever seen was from the bear my buddy shot this September, with a bow. We tracked it for 1200yds before finding it.

More details. What did the arrow hit?

 

[Jermh]

That's a smart way to carry trekking poles on the Shapecharge. Are they tall enough to shoot off of like that with the crossed straps?

Yes. I just started doing that this year and feel like an idiot for not doing it earlier. I'll strap them to the pack and set to a good height for seated shots and carry them like that for the walk in and out and then unstrap when I get where I'm going. Actually shot one doe like that a couple weeks ago at about 160 yards. Throw the pack down and it's ready to go, no fussing with straps and all that

 

[TradLife406]

Well frick boys. Figured I'd join the fun. Got the Maven for it today too. Waiting on rings and a rokstok. Rings should be here. Think I've got a lead on another rokstok. Worse case I'll use my 6UM rokstok.

Man tikka is missing a huge market by not just selling the actions naked... tikka stocks are like Glock sights. Cheap plastic crap that gets you buy. But serious dudes plan on throwing it away as soon as the gun gets home!

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

.223 big game data point #1 for me:

Rokstok'd RSS with an 18" barrel, BH 77 TMK at 2730 FPS MV. Shot prone with the jellyfish as a front rest, bino harness rear.
120 yards, bedded slightly quartered away. Impact velocity ~2450 FPS.
First shot took a top corner of the heart out, second hit liver (looks further back than it was I guess? Liver was basically center punched, no salvaging any of it).
No exits, didn't find the first one but it exited the offside rib. Second was trapped against the hide. Just a jacket.

I was zoomed in at 10x or so because I was really trying to tuck it behind the shoulder given the buck's position. Zoomed out to ~6x for the second shot.

02:42 - first impact
08:00 - second impact
12:00 - buck down
24:00 - stopped twitching

So about a 4.5 second split on the shots with adjusting the magnification. Less than 10 seconds to on the ground, just over 20 seconds to effectively dead. Went maybe 20 yards.

Stoked to have the training I put in this year pay off. Never could have put two down the pipe that fast last year. Though I did short stroke the third round so...always something to work on.

First shot exit


Second bullet jacket


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Edit: digiscope footage was handheld on those Sig stabilized binos with the Ollin system. Pretty impressed by that! If they could make them with a decent field of view that doesn't feel like looking through a train tunnel I'd have a pair for sure.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Man tikka is missing a huge market by not just selling the actions naked... tikka stocks are like Glock sights. Cheap plastic crap that gets you buy. But serious dudes plan on throwing it away as soon as the gun gets home!

Agree completely. I loathe the plastic stocks just like the plastic Glock sights. I do wonder about the quality of the wood stocks since I’ve never been able to put my hands on one.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Agree completely. I loathe the plastic stocks just like the plastic Glock sights. I do wonder about the quality of the wood stocks since I’ve never been able to put my hands on one.

The one I have is very nice. It’s currently on my .223. I think it was $160 off the classifieds here:

Sorry for the poor picture quality.

 

[wind gypsy]

Agree completely. I loathe the plastic stocks just like the plastic Glock sights. I do wonder about the quality of the wood stocks since I’ve never been able to put my hands on one.

If they improved the grip shape a bit I'd be all over the wood ones. Dont need to be all rokstok or A5 type vertical, just like an xbolt or peak44 sporter grip would be great.

 

[Kaleb]

The ctr and regular stocks are completely usable for us especially so after adding the vertical grip piece. That said Im as guilty as the next guy about replacing them grin.

 

[sierracharlie338]

The one I have is very nice. It’s currently on my .223. I think it was $160 off the classifieds here:

Sorry for the poor picture quality.

Sure look better too.

 

[Kaleb]

The one I have is very nice. It’s currently on my .223. I think it was $160 off the classifieds here:

Sorry for the poor picture quality.

not a thing wrong with that.

 

[Floridave]

I really like the wood stock that comes on the hunter. I bought it over plastic just so I could resell it easier when I put the rifle in a chassis. I like it enough I’m going to keep it.
Still will get a vertical stock for summer range fun which the 223 is for me but I prefer hunting with the sporter style so will keep the wood stock. It weighs 32 oz just FYI.

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[omicron1792]

Can you put the orange vertical grip piece you can buy from tikka on their wood stock?

 

[swavescatter]

Can you put the orange vertical grip piece you can buy from tikka on their wood stock?

Not without hacking up the wood. The grip module itself on the plastic stocks is removeable/replaceable.

 

[FredH]

I really like the wood stock that comes on the hunter. I bought it over plastic just so I could resell it easier when I put the rifle in a chassis. I like it enough I’m going to keep it.
Still will get a vertical stock for summer range fun which the 223 is for me but I prefer hunting with the sporter style so will keep the wood stock. It weighs 32 oz just FYI.

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Is that bottom stock from Stocky's?

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Is that bottom stock from Stocky's?

Yes, I asked him about it via PM.

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[Floridave]

Is that bottom stock from Stocky's?

Yes it is. It’s the heavy composite version, which is great for taming the 243’s recoil shooting from the bench. I put that rifle in a carbon sporter stock when hunting.

 

[FredH]

Yes it is. It’s the heavy composite version, which is great for taming the 243’s recoil shooting from the bench. I put that rifle in a carbon sporter stock when hunting.

I thought so as I have one that is just like it. Yep no lightweight but aluminum furniture inside and it make shooting from the bench a pleasure. I had it set up with a 308 barrel for a while but pit a 7-08 mountain rifle contour barrel on it and it's in a SPS synthetic for carrying around. Looking for a better stock but the SPS stock works okay and is light.

 

[FredH]

Yes, I asked him about it via PM.

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Factory barrel contour and limited paint options on the sale but still a good price. Mine is a Strata color scheme.

 

[RockChukkar]

I’ve always had good luck with Sierra 77gr otm’s on white tail under 400yds.. but this talk of the tmk’s have me wanting to give them a spin.

Out of the factory loads that black hills, bone frog and aac offer what’s the go to? I know BH is probably top of the heap but is bone frog or aac lacking in accuracy and velocity? Are there other options I don’t know about.