Thread: 223 on deer

Here's another interesting bit of .223 performance and quite different to the soft ELDM & Sierra tipped. More like Cam's 65 grain but a bit harder and controlled expansion. This was shot not long ago with a Nosler 64 grain bonded solid base (not the old Nosler solid base-this is a modern bonded bullet that has sadly just gone out of production). I have 200 hundred of them. The 62 grain Speer Gold Dot perform in a similar fashion and they are still available. https://www.nzammo.co.nz/product/165...ategoryId=1513

Shot was about 120 yards and hit at an angle in the shoulder and the bullet penetrated right through and out the paunch. They penetrate like crazy and one went right through a big lump of a Red spiker. They are bowling along at 3150 fps.

In balance I think I prefer the big soft target bullets because they seem to have a higher shock and damage factor, but you need a 1:8 twist. In my 1:9 Savage theses little Nosler's are pretty damn good, albeit that Ive only shot 3 deer with them. All one shot kills.

Exit


In, under the shoulder.


Out.


The big Red that one went right through at 240 yards. Ran about 25 yards.