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

[grfox92]

Yes. It did ok at high impact velocities, gets variable below 2,500fps or so.

Ok so for my son's first year big game hunting out of a gas gun......use something else?

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[Antares]

Ok so for my son's first year big game hunting out of a gas gun......use something else?

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I've shot a lot of deer and feral goats with the 68 BTHP. It does fine, but if I was on a hunt that was important to me, I'd switch to the 73 ELDM (those are the only .223 loads I shoot).

 

[Formidilosus]

Ok so for my son's first year big game hunting out of a gas gun......use something else?

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It’ll probably be fine, but I would get 77gr TMK, 73gr ELD-M, or 62gr Federal Fusion.

 

[grfox92]

I've shot a lot of deer and feral goats with the 68 BTHP. It does fine, but if I was on a hunt that was important to me, I'd switch to the 73 ELDM (those are the only .223 loads I shoot).

It will be his first deer hunt, maybe Antelope too. I want to just buy a bunch of Frontier stuff in bulk and stick with the same ammo that he will shoot all summer. If I have to switch it's not the end of the world.

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[grfox92]

It’ll probably be fine, but I would get 77gr TMK, 73gr ELD-M, or 62gr Federal Fusion.

Thank you.

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[hunting1]

How about the 75 gr ELDM?

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

https://rokslide.com/forums/search/10947993/?q=75&t=post&c[thread]=130488&o=relevance

Or even more specifically

https://rokslide.com/forums/search/10947996/?q=75&t=post&c[thread]=130488&c[users]=Formidilosus&o=relevance

 

[Firth]

It’ll probably be fine, but I would get 77gr TMK, 73gr ELD-M, or 62gr Federal Fusion.

How about the 75 gr ELDM?

If your question is in response to the above list, the 75 ELD-M would likely perform similarly to the 73 ELD-M but was omitted since the subject was gas guns and the 75 ELD-M won't fit in a 223 AR-15 magazine.