Thread: 223 on deer

Originally Posted by mawzer308

Yes I'm running 80gr eldm now too but funnily enough, the 73gr eldm have been outstanding as well.

That's cool to hear the 73 grain eldm are going well. Better than the 75's you recon? Any structural differences that you are aware of? I initially used the 75's as I could achieve a much higher muzzle velocity in my .223 than I could with the 80's. Perhaps the 75's were travelling too fast on those closer shots. The two deer mentioned above were sika so not big bodied deer (in case anyone was curious). I shoot the 80gr out of a 22-250 as well and despite it going faster than the 75's did in the 223 I've had no problems so far even at very close ranges. It seems odd that only 5 grains increase in bullet weight would make such a difference....