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

[Gettincloser]

Was the turkey salvageable?

Yes! She shot it facing to. Entered the base of the neck and made a terrible mess after that.

 

[justinspicher]

The only blood trail from a bear I’ve ever seen was from the bear my buddy shot this September, with a bow. We tracked it for 1200yds before finding it.

 

[Luke S]

Thanks for the insight on the 88s Thegman. Somehow I thought there were some issues or at least a reason they weren't a ton better than a 73 or 77 gr bullet. Might be more trouble than they are worth.

I don't think I've ever tracked a bear more than 60 yards. But the reason I like some blood is that my "nightmare" scenario is one of those 100 yard dead runs I hear about with deer. That would be really really hard to find in our area with no blood. A tracking dog would be cool.

 

[Matt5266]

Only blood trails I've had on bears are from archery kills. Never any on a rifle shot bear.

 

[Mikido]

The only blood trail from a bear I’ve ever seen was from the bear my buddy shot this September, with a bow. We tracked it for 1200yds before finding it.

More details. What did the arrow hit?

 

[Jermh]

That's a smart way to carry trekking poles on the Shapecharge. Are they tall enough to shoot off of like that with the crossed straps?

Yes. I just started doing that this year and feel like an idiot for not doing it earlier. I'll strap them to the pack and set to a good height for seated shots and carry them like that for the walk in and out and then unstrap when I get where I'm going. Actually shot one doe like that a couple weeks ago at about 160 yards. Throw the pack down and it's ready to go, no fussing with straps and all that

 

[TradLife406]

Well frick boys. Figured I'd join the fun. Got the Maven for it today too. Waiting on rings and a rokstok. Rings should be here. Think I've got a lead on another rokstok. Worse case I'll use my 6UM rokstok.

Man tikka is missing a huge market by not just selling the actions naked... tikka stocks are like Glock sights. Cheap plastic crap that gets you buy. But serious dudes plan on throwing it away as soon as the gun gets home!

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

.223 big game data point #1 for me:

Rokstok'd RSS with an 18" barrel, BH 77 TMK at 2730 FPS MV. Shot prone with the jellyfish as a front rest, bino harness rear.
120 yards, bedded slightly quartered away. Impact velocity ~2450 FPS.
First shot took a top corner of the heart out, second hit liver (looks further back than it was I guess? Liver was basically center punched, no salvaging any of it).
No exits, didn't find the first one but it exited the offside rib. Second was trapped against the hide. Just a jacket.

I was zoomed in at 10x or so because I was really trying to tuck it behind the shoulder given the buck's position. Zoomed out to ~6x for the second shot.

02:42 - first impact
08:00 - second impact
12:00 - buck down
24:00 - stopped twitching

So about a 4.5 second split on the shots with adjusting the magnification. Less than 10 seconds to on the ground, just over 20 seconds to effectively dead. Went maybe 20 yards.

Stoked to have the training I put in this year pay off. Never could have put two down the pipe that fast last year. Though I did short stroke the third round so...always something to work on.

First shot exit


Second bullet jacket


"I don't post on Instagram, but if I did"


Edit: digiscope footage was handheld on those Sig stabilized binos with the Ollin system. Pretty impressed by that! If they could make them with a decent field of view that doesn't feel like looking through a train tunnel I'd have a pair for sure.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Man tikka is missing a huge market by not just selling the actions naked... tikka stocks are like Glock sights. Cheap plastic crap that gets you buy. But serious dudes plan on throwing it away as soon as the gun gets home!

Agree completely. I loathe the plastic stocks just like the plastic Glock sights. I do wonder about the quality of the wood stocks since I’ve never been able to put my hands on one.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Agree completely. I loathe the plastic stocks just like the plastic Glock sights. I do wonder about the quality of the wood stocks since I’ve never been able to put my hands on one.

The one I have is very nice. It’s currently on my .223. I think it was $160 off the classifieds here:

Sorry for the poor picture quality.

 

[wind gypsy]

Agree completely. I loathe the plastic stocks just like the plastic Glock sights. I do wonder about the quality of the wood stocks since I’ve never been able to put my hands on one.

If they improved the grip shape a bit I'd be all over the wood ones. Dont need to be all rokstok or A5 type vertical, just like an xbolt or peak44 sporter grip would be great.

 

[Kaleb]

The ctr and regular stocks are completely usable for us especially so after adding the vertical grip piece. That said Im as guilty as the next guy about replacing them grin.

 

[sierracharlie338]

The one I have is very nice. It’s currently on my .223. I think it was $160 off the classifieds here:

Sorry for the poor picture quality.

Sure look better too.

 

[Kaleb]

The one I have is very nice. It’s currently on my .223. I think it was $160 off the classifieds here:

Sorry for the poor picture quality.

not a thing wrong with that.