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

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

United States Army Corps of Engineers

 

[3gunyotehtr]

Shooting Times had a pretty decent writeup on using the 223 on big game. Definitely becoming more mainstream.

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

Shooting Times had a pretty decent writeup on using the 223 on big game. Definitely becoming more mainstream.

Looks like that's authored by our very own @Thegman

 

[Thegman]

Looks like that's authored by our very own @Thegman

Thanks for the heads-up...I was wondering what happened to that one...

 

[cowdisciple]

Received a call about my son drawing into a youth hunt, and they asked "out of curiosity" what cartridge he was shooting. They were relieve to hear he had a .243 because "223's typically result in the deer running a lot further". Perhaps I should link them this thread.

Makes you wonder how many of those .223s are shooting 55gr FMJ.