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

[Grizz99G]

Finally my turn to add to the thread! My 10 year old son finally got his first buck with a 16” Tikka .223 with a Rokstock and 77 TMK. He had killed a doe a couple years ago with a .22 hornet and has been obsessed with getting a buck ever since. Shot was ~40 yards broadside. Impact straight up the leg lower third completely breaking onside leg and bullet lodged in offside shoulder. Buck ran ~10 yards further into the field with his head plowing the ground until hitting a downed limb and jumping 180* in the air before running ~10 yards back to the spot he was shot and collapsing with only a couple leg kicks after falling to the ground. Total time from shot to death was ~15-20 seconds. Best part was after seeing the deer enter the field and alerting my son I was unable to see the deer anymore after it walked behind a small tree. For ~2 minutes he watched the deer through the scope while I was unable to see anything and waited for a broadside opportunity and just as I had leaned over to ask him “can you see it buddy” he fired and made a perfect shot and completed his goal of killing a buck! So proud of my son and look forward to many more memories like this one! Thank you to all who have contributed to this thread and after seeing the results of his first two kills with “small” rifles I have nothing but confidence he can kill with this rifle the rest of his life.

 

[TradLife406]

Anyone hunting with a sbr? I've got a 12.5. Thinking it'd be perfect for deer with some TMKs. 1-6 on it would make it a handy road hunting gun.

 

[waterengineer]

Anyone hunting with a sbr? I've got a 12.5. Thinking it'd be perfect for deer with some TMKs. 1-6 on it would make it a handy road hunting gun.

I’m using a 12.5” with a 3-9 Trijicon credo. I killed 4 whitetail with TMKs last year and 3 with 75 AAC SBBTs so far this year. All deer have died within 50 yards of where they were shot. There have been some great blood trails and others with none.

 

[liv3mind]

Anyone hunting with a sbr? I've got a 12.5. Thinking it'd be perfect for deer with some TMKs. 1-6 on it would make it a handy road hunting gun.

I hunt with 10.5 and sig 1-6. It's about a perfect setup. I use 73eldm, most had blood, couple haven't. Longest trail 40yds.

 

[TradLife406]

I’m using a 12.5” with a 3-9 Trijicon credo. I killed 4 whitetail with TMKs last year and 3 with 75 AAC SBBTs so far this year. All deer have died within 50 yards of where they were shot. There have been some great blood trails and others with none.

Perfect

 

[PLhunter]

Lead-free mono .223 results on antlerless whitetail. Bullet 69.5 hbc going 2865 at muzzle. Impact velocity of ~2520. DRT.

POI was high front shoulder. Shattered scapula. Entrance hole through ribcage was massive. Racquetball sized I’d say. Exit through ribs is about a 50 cent piece. Front of lungs were destroyed. 3 pedals were found in hide in offside shoulder radiating out about 5 inches from shank exit. There was a surprising amount of meat damage and bloodshot

Entrance:
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Exit:


Lungs:

 

[PLhunter]

Rifle used was a Thompson contender with 17 inch EABCO 1:7 twist barrel. 5x prism optic.

Load was 23.5 grains TAC with NORMA brass and ruag lead free primers.

 

[Brap01]

Anyone hunting with a sbr? I've got a 12.5. Thinking it'd be perfect for deer with some TMKs. 1-6 on it would make it a handy road hunting gun.

I used 12.5 AR chambered in 556 shooting 77 TMKs with a suppressor and NF 1-8. Used it for the kids and it worked fine, also had a 10.5 300 BLK that I used when calling bears in for other hunters and my son shot his first buck with that rifle.

I have switched to a 16" 6 ARC so they can kill elk with the same rifle they hunt deer with. Also a lot of fun on rock chucks out to 300 yards haha

 

[FredBear86]

I used 12.5 AR chambered in 556 shooting 77 TMKs with a suppressor and NF 1-8. Used it for the kids and it worked fine, also had a 10.5 300 BLK that I used when calling bears in for other hunters and my son shot his first buck with that rifle.

I have switched to a 16" 6 ARC so they can kill elk with the same rifle they hunt deer with. Also a lot of fun on rock chucks out to 300 yards haha

What bullets were you shooting out of the 300 blk?