Thread: 223 on deer

One for the Howa Mini today - thankful for the wee cheapskate’s precision and lightness for this shot. Used a thin leather sling as a shooter sling resting the elbows on my knees, really steadies things up… Sat ready to go for about 20 minutes, waiting for this guy to browse out from behind cover. Had a fully numb bum when it was time to stand up from the crown fern.

70gr Speer semi-point, about 3150fps. No quibble.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

One for the Howa Mini today - thankful for the wee cheapskate’s precision and lightness for this shot. Used a thin leather sling as a shooter sling resting the elbows on my knees, really steadies things up… Sat ready to go for about 20 minutes, waiting for this guy to browse out from behind cover. Had a fully numb bum when it was time to stand up from the crown fern.

70gr Speer semi-point, about 3150fps. No quibble.

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Great shot placement for the .223. Range?

Originally Posted by Tahr

Great shot placement for the .223. Range?

Er, that wasn't’ where I shot him @Tahr. That’s where I’ve cut a blood letting hole. I shot him in the back of the neck. Destroyed the Atlas vertebrae. 50ish metres.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Er, that wasn't’ where I shot him @Tahr. That’s where I’ve cut a blood letting hole. I shot him in the back of the neck. Destroyed the Atlas vertebrae. 50ish metres.

Hah! I did think that it was a hell of a hole for that bullet Oh well, it would have been a good shot then at a longer range Atlas shot is good.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

70gr Speer semi-point, about 3150fps. No quibble.

@Flyblown what's the load? That's quite fast for a 70gr isn't it? Just curious as my 75gr ELD Load only does 2750 out my howa.

Originally Posted by Hunty1

@Flyblown what's the load? That's quite fast for a 70gr isn't it? Just curious as my 75gr ELD Load only does 2750 out my howa.

@Hunty1, I should have the raw chrono speeds in a file somewhere. I remember being surprised at the speed, but then it is a hottish load of 2206H. Certainly above ADI book max but IIRC about the same as another source’s book max. My Howa is 20” barrel.

But I do remember tuning the velocity and the BC to fit the drop data, which was a lot less drop than I expected at 300m. So I think the velocity and the BC both went up so I got a curve that matched the other drops. It hits where its supposed to farther out so, guess that’s what counts.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

@Hunty1, I should have the raw chrono speeds in a file somewhere. I remember being surprised at the speed, but then it is a hottish load of 2206H. Certainly above ADI book max but IIRC about the same as another source’s book max. My Howa is 20” barrel.

But I do remember tuning the velocity and the BC to fit the drop data, which was a lot less drop than I expected at 300m. So I think the velocity and the BC both went up so I got a curve that matched the other drops. It hits where its supposed to farther out so, guess that’s what counts.

Thanks for that, I'm also running a hot load of 2206H and was surprised by my low velocity. Need to shoot it at range to confirm. As you say as long as it hits where its expected that's the main thing!