16” barrel and getting 2920fos with 26gns of 2206H
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Wicked, that good velocity.
I'm working up a similar load, so will interesting to play with once my rifle is back.
After a five year absence I have just rejoined the 223 club. Some hasty load development was done (with powder I had and projectiles I could find) and I took it out this morning for its hunt.
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First kill a goat sized red.
nah thats a YUMMY sized red....
Perfect carry size. Nice looking Browning.
77grn Sierra Tipped. Low shoulder shot at 188 yds. Just took a few steps. 9pm so very gloomy.
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Nice sized hind, no problem for the mighty 223
77 grn Tipped Sierra. 2930 fps from Standard Tikka. Just under surface on off side shoulder. 188 yds (big Red hind in pic above). Impressive.
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This evening. 80 grn Targex. 150 & 200 yds. Lung shots. Neither went further than 10 yards.
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Good shooting n tasty.
All this talk of .223 and seeing how effective they are on deer with the heavier pills has got me wanting to scratch an itch. Shot many deer over the years with .223 but it was a 1/12 and always run it with 55gr core-lokt, didnt handload. Did the job but i have to say im pretty impressed seeing the terminal performance some of you are getting with loading some of the heavier pills.