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

[PNWGATOR]

Get your 77TMKs and please post results.

Sorry you’re experiencing this nonsense!

Go forth and fill freezers drama free.

 

[salar]

I just actually realized this thread has moose in the title. Has anyone actually killed a moose with .223? Too many pages to re-read.

Shot one this fall with ruger american ranch and 73 eldm. Not a giant but a bull moose all the same! Didn't go more than 5 ft before it dropped.

 

[sierracharlie338]

I’ve had nothing but good dealing with them too so that’s a bummer, did they put you on a backorder or cancel your order? Another option if they cancelled your order.

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Yeah in the back order queue

 

[Juan_ID]

Yeah in the back order queue

I’d call to cancel and order from Lanbo’s. They’re cheaper there too

 

[sierracharlie338]

I’d call to cancel and order from Lanbo’s. They’re cheaper there too

Never heard of it. Pm sent

 

[robtattoo]

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BOOO!

I'm going to the post office tomorrow to start a fight. Insured or not, they'd literally irreplaceable.

YAAAAAAY!!!

 

[KHntr]

I just actually realized this thread has moose in the title. Has anyone actually killed a moose with .223? Too many pages to re-read.

Fall of ‘22 I broke both shoulders of an immature bull (2 point) with a 223AI and an 88 ELD m.
Fall of ‘23 I smashed the shoulder knuckle and got a couple feet of penetration after that on a mature bull (tripalm/10 point) with the same rifle/bullet combo.

The 2 point was WHOPPPPP/flop and down out of side in the rose bushes. The 10 pt was WHOPPPPP/hop hop hop/flop.
I run a bolt gun pretty fast on the reloads regardless of chambering, and the first one I didn’t have enough time to shoot twice. The big one got a second round but only because I didn’t lose him in the sight picture from recoil and the second shot hit him as he was falling over sideways.

 

[Nomosendero]

Impressive, even after seeing the other results!

 

[Pwb199]

Do folks here have good experiences ordering from Lanbo’s? They’re verified, good to deal with?

 

[gman82001]

Do folks here have good experiences ordering from Lanbo’s? They’re verified, good to deal with?

Yes they’re gtg I’ve ordered a few times now

 

[JD Jones]

Couple of 223 victims from 2023. This thread got be thinking last year so naturally I had to experiment on the ranch. 18” shooting the 75gr ELDM. Both shot between 100-125 yards. Big boar went 339# before the scale decided it wasn’t going to register. First pig I couldn’t lift into the side by side with another grown man. He fell where he stood. My boy shot the other guy a month or so later. took off maybe 30yards where he expired …wedged in a mesquite

 

[sierracharlie338]

I have succumbed to the brow beating. Compact Tikka inbound… for my kid… cough…

 

[sturner88]

At risk of them instantly being sold out, would a 1:9 twist Steyr Pro Hunter 2 be an adequate twist rate for the 77TMK? They are on clearance right now.

 

[Nomosendero]

You need a 1-8

 

[Tahr]

77TMK last evening. 195 yards.

 

[fwafwow]

77TMK last evening. 195 yards.

What are you using to film?

 

[atmat]

What are you using to film?

Probably a video recorder of some sort.

 

[sierracharlie338]

At risk of them instantly being sold out, would a 1:9 twist Steyr Pro Hunter 2 be an adequate twist rate for the 77TMK? They are on clearance right now.

There is a guy in this thread that is shooting them out of a 1:9 but generally 1:8 is the minimum. If you already had a 1:9 and wanted to try them I’d say go for it but I don’t think I would buy a rifle knowing it has the slower twist rate. Ymmv

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

What are you using to film?

Yeah that looks neat! How much weight does it add to the rifle? How does it not affect position, sight picture, etc?

 

[Pharmseller]

77TMK last evening. 195 yards.

Poor little deer wasn’t hurting anybody, just minding its own business.



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