Thread: 223 on deer

Not many are comfortable holding over 1 mil/3.3 MOA of windage on a live animal. What do you do of the ret is 2nd focal plane and it's no more than a scientific wild arse guess?

Don't shoot.

Originally Posted by caberslash

What do you do of the ret is 2nd focal plane

Sell it?

Nightforce NX8 with Mil-CF2 reticle FFP makes windage holds surprisingly easy.

Originally Posted by MP270

Nightforce NX8 with Mil-CF2 reticle FFP makes windage holds surprisingly easy.

Its the calling the wind that stuffs me up.

Agree! especially if theres nothing to reference on the flight path of the bullet.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Its the calling the wind that stuffs me up.

Suppose it beats howling at the moon?

Originally Posted by caberslash

Not many are comfortable holding over 1 mil/3.3 MOA of windage on a live animal. What do you do of the ret is 2nd focal plane and it's no more than a scientific wild arse guess?

Don't shoot.

Start with a sfp scope that has a decent reticle and learn how to use it?

Originally Posted by sneeze

Start with a sfp scope that has a decent reticle and learn how to ues it?

Yep. Learn what the reticle ( preferably with elevation/windage marks ) subtension is at various power settings ( you probably going to use max power anyway ), verify for the load you’re using, and good to go. For all the lazy pricks out there Chairgun, Strelok et all give good guidelines to start with, still need to calibrate and verify though. Have used both ffp and sfp over the years, each have their good and bad points. My 2c.

Originally Posted by sneeze

Start with a sfp scope that has a decent reticle and learn how to use it?

Care to be more vague?

I know the answer to both, was a hypothetical question.

Originally Posted by caberslash

Care to be more vague?

I know the answer to both, was a hypothetical question.

No

Get closer...

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Get closer...

The 2000th post in the thread...

Right enough talking.off to reloading room. Fifty adi milserp cases have been full length resized,primer pockets decrimped,flasholes uniformed.overall length checked,no trimming needed,federal primers slipped up the ginger hole.25 grns of AR2206h carefully weighed out on balance beam scales.now I better go and seat some 55grn projectiles on top.winchester PSP same as our man in CHCH has for sale for half of them and some pulled norinco fmj for the other half.Im 100% confident either will cleanly kill under 200yards if I point them in right direction.

The end of a very long day, trudging noisily up hill to camp. The dog stops and fully locks up. After standing still for what felt like an eternity (probably 3 minutes) I spotted a hind ghosting through the tight like a tiger might, oblivious to us. Had to wait for her to drift past the thick to the open at 10 paces. Sako gamehead 55g took out both shoulders. 223 - my favourite calibre (typed in hushed tone so my 7mm08 doesn't hear in the gun cabinet).

Originally Posted by Snoppernator

The end of a very long day, trudging noisily up hill to camp. The dog stops and fully locks up. After standing still for what felt like an eternity (probably 3 minutes) I spotted a hind ghosting through the tight like a tiger might, oblivious to us. Had to wait for her to drift past the thick to the open at 10 paces. Sako gamehead 55g took out both shoulders. 223 - my favourite calibre (typed in hushed tone so my 7mm08 doesn't hear in the gun cabinet).

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You getting these sort of results consistently with this wee sako bullet? I'm assuming factory ammo here...?