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

[HairyScandinavian]

DRT is lead free but it's far from a copper mono

True, usually people mean "non-lead" when asking so I jumped the gun, he did specifically say copper.

 

[Truck24hr]

Anybody used the AAC 75 gr Black Tip Sabre extensively? Maybe it's been mentioned and I missed it.

We've tried it on one hog and a WT doe. Impressive performance on both. Cheap enough to shoot a lot of. Accurate enough in my Savage Trail Hunter, but not in my Cz600 Trail.

 

[goalie]

Anybody used the AAC 75 gr Black Tip Sabre extensively? Maybe it's been mentioned and I missed it.

We've tried it on one hog and a WT doe. Impressive performance on both. Cheap enough to shoot a lot of. Accurate enough in my Savage Trail Hunter, but not in my Cz600 Trail.

I'm gonna try that. The Grendel black tip is amazing on deer, and it's SD doesn't suck at all. If the 5.56 version is similar it's a winner.

 

[bigeyedfish]

Anybody used the AAC 75 gr Black Tip Sabre extensively? Maybe it's been mentioned and I missed it.

We've tried it on one hog and a WT doe. Impressive performance on both. Cheap enough to shoot a lot of. Accurate enough in my Savage Trail Hunter, but not in my Cz600 Trail.

I’ve used it enough to be comfortable with it. I’ve posted about it here a couple times.

The only other .223 round I’ve used is a 64 grain Winchester round. It was fine too. I’m looking forward to trying out a few others in the future.

 

[RedRidge]

Nothing new here. 60 yards, high shoulder, 77 tmk hand load, instant lights out. Maybe took a step.

 

[brentr9]

Anybody used the AAC 75 gr Black Tip Sabre extensively? Maybe it's been mentioned and I missed it.

We've tried it on one hog and a WT doe. Impressive performance on both. Cheap enough to shoot a lot of. Accurate enough in my Savage Trail Hunter, but not in my Cz600 Trail.

We’ve killed a handful of southern Alabama whitetail doe with them. All impact velocities have been >2200fps. They’ve functioned fine. We’re getting ~2660fps out of 16” AR’s. TMKs seem to be better, but the results have been the same.

 

[robtattoo]

Pissy little .223 does it again

226yds, folded him on the spot.

 

[Hardly_Hangin]

9th data point, public land mountain buck with 223 gasser shooting 75gr Speer gold dots. 60-80 yard frontal shot. Poi was slightly right of center midway up

He reared back, mule kicked, ran about 20 yards, and crashed into a root ball so hard a root shaved off a patch of hair the size of my hands. Died within 3 seconds.

No autopsy pics but i did inspect. Top half of heart and the top half of both lungs were jellified. Chest cavity looked like vital tissue gulash.

My camp buddy commented how lucky i was he didn't end up in the next county over, and i really should hunt with at least get a 30 caliber. What do you guys think? Grin.

My tikka roughtech ember 30-06 is listed for sale now if anyone's interested!

 

[HairyScandinavian]

My camp buddy commented how lucky i was he didn't end up in the next county over, and i really should hunt with at least get a 30 caliber. What do you guys think? Grin.

Better to be lucky than good, right?

 

[Dust Rider]

Daughter got another with her Lil T3X .223. Doe was bedded and she got on the tripod and let one rip.
77gr. TMK Black Hills factory ammo. Hit high lungs and clipped spine. Doe just did a little leg kicking like a dog getting its belly rubbed and it was done. The kid has never shot a bedded animal, and she was so quick to spot, set up and shoot. Proud Papa for sure. Bonus: the Scythe killed another and didnt blow up!

 

[omicron1792]

Daughter got another with her Lil T3X .223. Doe was bedded and she got on the tripod and let one rip.
77gr. TMK Black Hills factory ammo. Hit high lungs and clipped spine. Doe just did a little leg kicking like a dog getting its belly rubbed and it was done. The kid has never shot a bedded animal, and she was so quick to spot, set up and shoot. Proud Papa for sure. Bonus: the Scythe killed another and didnt blow up!
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I mean look at the size of the holes through the ribs with that little bullet.

 

[2tuna]

I'm just here because:

1) I bought a tikka t3x in 223 yesterday 100% because of this thread, with the expectation my 270, 9.3, and 375 will never be fired again.

2) I wanted to be part of arguably the greatest thread in the history of the interweb.

Thank you