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

[TheGDog]

Pure self-interest, I assure you. The longer it stayed available, the greater the odds that I would buy it.

Know that feeling, well.

 

[NWBLKTAIL]

Yep

There is actually another listed on here similar price but….

FNG and to much scamming on here lately for me to entertain it

 

[robtattoo]

No deer for me on opening day, but I saw this coyote chasing a tiny yearling & well...... we just can't have that!

128yds RSS/77TMK impact velocity 2448. Almost head on shot, slightly downhill.

Can't find an entrance wound (I've yet to skin him out) small exit just in front of the right hip. No blood, but it dropped on the spot & it sounded like a balloon full of jello when I picked him up.

 

[Pharmseller]

There is actually another listed on here similar price but….

FNG and to much scamming on here lately for me to entertain it

I know what you mean.

 

[TxxAgg]

TMK’s strike again. A couple 9 yr olds doing work.

 

[TxxAgg]

I made a poor shot at 300 yds as a group was crossing the road. The TMK saved the day. Fragmented and the heart was mush. The pig dropped in its tracks.

 

[BlackHillsShooter]

Was walking some public all day. On the way back to the truck I popped up out of the last drainage to see this guy. Seeing it was my last day he looked big enough. He took off with a bunch of does and I got tunnel vision on him. I ranged after the fact but at about 55 yards running broad side to me. I did nick the back of his leg but it popped his heart. This makes deer #3 and one elk for my little 223 and the 77TMK. All one and done. Heard the thwap, knew it was boiler room. He slowed, hunched up and went down within a few yards.

Heart pic is terrible. My phone started shutting down from dead battery when I was taking it.

 

[JPeters218]

Finally got to see the .223 in person. My wife shot her first deer with it.
-Whitetail buck
- Factory black hills TMK, 16” barrel, impact velocity roughly 2650
- 40 yards, slightly quartered to. Went 25 yards and died.
- Found the deer just by looking where it went. Backtracked the blood trail and it was bleeding pretty good even with no exit
- The bigger piece of bullet was stuck inside the offside rib cage, the smaller piece was just inside the hide
- it put about a baseball sized hole in one lung, and blew some other organs to pieces

Sample size of 1 but really happy with it so far.

Entry

Entry with shoulder removed
Exit
Onside shoulder

 

[TxxAgg]

TMK’s strike again. A couple 9 yr olds doing work.


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Little goober got his 2nd deer. Compact Tikka with a 77tmk and suppressor is awesome.

 

[turbo406]

Not big game but my contribution to the 223 thread, tikka 223 shooting 75 eldm over 24.5 grains of varget running 2840. Yesterday hit a steel coyote back to back at 887 off a flatbed and bags to today took my brand Lucky duck super revolt from the store to the field and called in a double first set. First coyote was 287 with and estimated impact velocity of 2350 ish and the second was a terrible position off a tripod shot at 450 to 460 estimated velocity of 2110. First shot on the further one was aimed at the shoulder but dropped low and hit the leg, second shot was spinning and hit him a little farther back but put him down. Definitely going to hit the range to practice tripod more now, rifle is money its the nut pulling the trigger that needs improvement

 

[Blaw]

Not big game but my contribution to the 223 thread, tikka 223 shooting 75 eldm over 24.5 grains of varget running 2840. Yesterday hit a steel coyote back to back at 887 off a flatbed and bags to today took my brand Lucky duck super revolt from the store to the field and called in a double first set. First coyote was 287 with and estimated impact velocity of 2350 ish and the second was a terrible position off a tripod shot at 450 to 460 estimated velocity of 2110. First shot on the further one was aimed at the shoulder but dropped low and hit the leg, second shot was spinning and hit him a little farther back but put him down. Definitely going to hit the range to practice tripod more now, rifle is money its the nut pulling the trigger that needs improvement

whats your barrel length?

 

[turbo406]

whats your barrel length?

Factory i think like 22.5" and I modified a tikka mag to feed them at .010 off the lands and boy does it hammer.

 

[Blaw]

Factory i think like 22.5" and I modified a tikka mag to feed them at .010 off the lands and boy does it hammer.

assuming you cut out the back spacer in the mag? did you end up extending the follower in length? I did this without adding to the followers length and the rounds keep sinking down at the end so my bolt doesnt catch them when trying to chamber them

 

[turbo406]

assuming you cut out the back spacer in the mag? did you end up extending the follower in length? I did this without adding to the followers length and the rounds keep sinking down at the end so my bolt doesnt catch them when trying to chamber them

No what I did was get some square keystock and put it in the back for the rounds to ride against and put a roll pin in to keep it there ill get a pic

 

[turbo406]

assuming you cut out the back spacer in the mag? did you end up extending the follower in length? I did this without adding to the followers length and the rounds keep sinking down at the end so my bolt doesnt catch them when trying to chamber them

I welded two pieces of keystock together to fill the void completely it was going to just be an initial attempt but its fed flawlessly for several hundred rounds. I also have a mamba 10 rounder I am working on but so far i cam only get 7 in it I need to revisit it when I get some freetime. Derby season is in 2 weeks so it might be a bit.

 

[Blaw]

I welded two pieces of keystock together to fill the void completely it was going to just be an initial attempt but its fed flawlessly for several hundred rounds. I also have a mamba 10 rounder I am working on but so far i cam only get 7 in it I need to revisit it when I get some freetime. Derby season is in 2 weeks so it might be a bit.

dang, mine looks identical. I used epoxy putty to create the knew back area. I also have the space between the follower and the back of the mag, that is what is allowing the rounds to tip down and not get caught by the bolt...wonder what I am having such issues and you are not

 

[turbo406]

dang, mine looks identical. I used epoxy putty to create the knew back area. I also have the space between the follower and the back of the mag, that is what is allowing the rounds to tip down and not get caught by the bolt...wonder what I am having such issues and you are not

I almost went that route with some quick steel putty but had some keystock so I went that route. I wish I could be more helpful but I haven't had any issues with mine to dive into

 

[MaineMan]

My 12yr old got his first deer last week with a 14.5” AR and IMI 77 SMK’s 90 yards broadside.