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

[TradLife406]

Anyone using n140 and tmks? Got a 10 shot average of 2830 with it and my 20" barrel.
Barrel is only on about shot 50 and seems to shoot whatever. Group was about an inch or a tad over.

 

[gulfofmexicoflyfishing]

Another .223 data point from earlier in the week.

70gr tsx (don’t tell @PNWGATOR) moving 2615ish at the muzzle of my 16” all-rounder. Typical central Florida swamp doe at 92lbs. She came in directly downwind so I took the first shot she gave me, freehand frontal/low neck at roughly 65yds. She dropped like a lightning bolt hit her.

Pretty much no meat loss due to unimpressive mono wound channel, I was able to recover the bullet somewhere back around the liver. Will be making the switch to a tipped match bullet soon as I am nearing the end of the stash of these tsx’s I bought probably a decade ago.

 

[ianpadron]

Another .223 data point from earlier in the week.

70gr tsx (don’t tell @PNWGATOR) moving 2615ish at the muzzle of my 16” all-rounder. Typical central Florida swamp doe at 92lbs. She came in directly downwind so I took the first shot she gave me, freehand frontal/low neck at roughly 65yds. She dropped like a lightning bolt hit her.

Pretty much no meat loss due to unimpressive mono wound channel, I was able to recover the bullet somewhere back around the liver. Will be making the switch to a tipped match bullet soon as I am nearing the end of the stash of these tsx’s I bought probably a decade ago.
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Blows my mind the variety of terrain that whiteys can thrive in. Mountains, swamps, jungles, ag land, endless tracts of big timber...just insane! Your pic looks like Jurassic Park

 

[Tahr]

Grandson - shot with my Savage Lightweight 20" 1:8 re-barrel. 100 yards bang flop. 60 grn Hammer Hunter at 3270fps. Vicious. Under rated. Criticised mostly by those who have never used them.

 

[gulfofmexicoflyfishing]

Blows my mind the variety of terrain that whiteys can thrive in. Mountains, swamps, jungles, ag land, endless tracts of big timber...just insane! Your pic looks like Jurassic Park

Hunting Florida whitetails is pretty neat sometimes! That picture doesn’t even begin to do the place justice. Jurassic Park and Avatar come to mind pretty often in the places I like to go.

 

[BjornF16]

My 11yo son with Blaser r8 223. Tink Nas3 77TMK at 2835mv. 90 yards quartered away, double lung. 30 yards and he was down. Blood trail from blood coming from nose and mouth.

Is that a Blaser factory barrel or aftermarket?

Wondering about stabilizing the 77 TMK…

 

[EuroOptic]

You guys want factory threaded 16" stainless Tikka's?
If you do make some noise, Im litigating..

Jake

 

[Speaks]

You guys want factory threaded 16" stainless Tikka's?
If you do make some noise, Im litigating..

Jake

Yes very much so. Its cool they thread everything now but threading a 22 or 24 inch barrel is clearly catering to breaks not suppressors.

On the threaded 223 specifically the 16 inch blued is nice but given an option I will always choose to pay a little more for stainless.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

You guys want factory threaded 16" stainless Tikka's?
If you do make some noise, Im litigating..

Jake

Yes, that's the ideal factory configuration. In the basic black or compact stock

 

[mt terry d]

Yes, that's the ideal factory configuration. In the basic black or compact stock

Better yet with no stock.

 

[EuroOptic]

Better yet with no stock.

yeaaaaaaaaaahhhhh i know i know. Working towards that, slowly but surely

 

[Matt5266]

Yes it would be amazing if they offered a factory threaded 16 or 18" tube across the board!

 

[Ajsomp]

You guys want factory threaded 16" stainless Tikka's?
If you do make some noise, Im litigating..

Jake

 

[omicron1792]

Is that a Blaser factory barrel or aftermarket?

Wondering about stabilizing the 77 TMK…

Aftermarket. J sipp 1-7” twist 18”.

 

[rabbithuntr]

yeaaaaaaaaaahhhhh i know i know. Working towards that, slowly but surely

Or a wood stock with a vertical grip

 

[Nine Banger]

Cartman with the nightclub….he has both authority and wallop!

Doesn't Cartman have fishnets too?

 

[BasicUtahrd95]

You guys want factory threaded 16" stainless Tikka's?
If you do make some noise, Im litigating..

Jake

Yes please!

 

[Q_Sertorius]

You guys want factory threaded 16" stainless Tikka's?
If you do make some noise, Im litigating..

Jake

Certainly would be nice to have one. So far my “clear out the gunsafe project” is working really well. Every time I sell a rifle, I somehow buy two more.

 

[Lionheart]

You guys want factory threaded 16" stainless Tikka's?
If you do make some noise, Im litigating..

Jake

Yes

 

[Nine Banger]

TN my unit is 3 does a day. Have done that a few times now.

Does anyone know the governing agencies rational to have liberal doe limits yet put a daily limit in place as well?

My state used to be one buck a day with no tags. We get 3 buck tags now. The limit on does has been 2 per day for my entire time here hunting. We can work around that with quota tags.

It's always bugged me that we have to join the quota program to shoot more than 2 does a day.