.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.

 

[FaaSamoa]

Yes. I got around 1.5”’for 20 rounds, low 2600s from 18” barrel. Good for the price imo

same here, not sure velo.

I’m running a 20 in barrel out of t3x and getting 1.5 with 20-30 round groups

 

[Yooper25]

We were able to get a couple kills with the tikka. Caribou was 150 yards away quartering to. Shot hit the back of the onside lung. Caribou went about 40 yards and laid down and died. Sheep was 286 yards at a bit more than a 45 degree downhill angle. Shot went in the spine just above the shoulder and into the offside lung. Sheep was DRT. Used 73 eld m hand loads for both.

 

[ianpadron]

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We were able to get a couple kills with the tikka. Caribou was 150 yards away quartering to. Shot hit the back of the onside lung. Caribou went about 40 yards and laid down and died. Sheep was 286 yards at a bit more than a 45 degree downhill angle. Shot went in the spine just above the shoulder and into the offside lung. Sheep was DRT. Used 73 eld m hand loads for both.

Siiiiiiick

Nice work team

 

[Steve300xcw]

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

Yup.

Years back I shot a buck with a 223. No big deal.

My boss caught wind of it and had opinions that needed shared. Seems they peppered a deer with fmj's several hundred yards away. Still needed a finisher. Said the bullet holes looked like bee stings.