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

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

My 1-8 .223 makes round holes with 88’s
Current DA is -71’ where I live.


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Why is it showing a 1.13" group at 100 yards as 0.31 MOA?

 

[MEdude]

Don’t know.
+1” was the group size at 100 yards. Not sure what the .31 MOA is about.
My reason for posting was to show round hole, not slots.
Just informational

 

[mt terry d]

326 yards. 223 Tikka 18" 77 TMK @ 2,234 impact velocity

Made a poor shot. Hit ahead of the shoulder. Couldn't get prone. Was in a bit of an awkward position with the sticks but this bullet gives me a great margin for error ( )
so I sent it.

He was bedded broadside. I did not see impact but was back on him in probably a couple seconds most. Still bedded, hadn't moved except now his head was down. I stayed on him and he tossed his head now and then but nothing else moved. I kept him in the scope for a good 5 minutes or more, suspecting the spine was either hit or shocked. I kept an eye on him as I approached and every now and then he'd flop his head a little then lay still. When I got up to him I just poked his jugular and he bled out with no fuss.

There were a bunch of small bone pieces busted up, some bone gravel ( for lack of a better term) in the hole. The bullet did not pass through. In fact I'm not sure it actually severed the spinal cord. I cut apart the vertebrae thinking I'd find the rest of the bullet but the picture shows all I found.

The second picture has the empty case at the entrance hole.
The third shows the entry damage
The fourth I have my finger touching the spinal column. I think that's where it ended.
It made about a 1 1/2" hole to that point.
The fifth is what I could find. The large piece is actually very thin, like a leaf.
The first picture makes him look much bigger than he actually is; that's why I added it

Big thanks to Form, PNWGATOR and Shoot2HuntU without whose patient instruction I probably wouldn't have made the shot.

 

[teamsprock]

Broadside shot at 175 yards. 16” tikka rough tech shooting 73gr Eldm. Buck ran roughly 40 yards with blood pouring out of his mouth. Lungs were soup. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until we quartered him.

Photo has the quarter removed, and this shows the entrance. Roughly a 3-4 inch entrance hole. Bullet must have hit the rib and expanded very quickly. Pretty wild, only my second animal with a 223.

The other kill we have was 275 yards, the deers heart and lungs were destroyed, the entrance wound was very small.

 

[Lawnboi]

Broadside shot at 175 yards. 16” tikka rough tech shooting 73gr Eldm. Buck ran roughly 40 yards with blood pouring out of his mouth. Lungs were soup. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until we quartered him.

Photo has the quarter removed, and this shows the entrance. Roughly a 3-4 inch entrance hole. Bullet must have hit the rib and expanded very quickly. Pretty wild, only my second animal with a 223.

The other kill we have was 275 yards, the deers heart and lungs were destroyed, the entrance wound was very small.

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Can’t speak to the 73 but this is my favorite part of the 77tmk. Not uncommon to see it start to upset before it makes it through the ribs.