Thread: 223 on deer

Gunworks $112

Originally Posted by Tahr

Tikka mag length. 2.3" OAL for the 77 grn

You must be seating them deep? Hard on the powder column?

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

Gunworks $112

Bugger that I don't even pay that for 6.5 eldx

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Originally Posted by TeRei

You must be seating them deep? Hard on the powder column?

Work pretty good. The 77grn Sierra Tipped are designed for standard AR mags which are 2.3".

Originally Posted by 25/08 IMP

Bugger that I don't even pay that for 6.5 eldx

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The way I look at it I am using them on deer so 100 will last a long time as I don't shoot that many.

Also they fit the standard Tikka mag as Tahr said which I like.

A couple around 100 yards. No problem for the 80 Targex.

Some prime meat there Tahr

Originally Posted by outdoorlad

Some prime meat there Tahr

@outdoorlad both went to a charity.

79 for the year. 53 with the .223.
(I keep the back steaks for ourselves, family and friends and do a couple for sausages - the rest almost exclusively go to charity).

Just found this on You Tube. A Chamois shot with a .223rem. Go to 9:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFzFURYEZhM
Didn't even look like it was hit.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Just found this on You Tube. A Chamois shot with a .223rem. Go to 9:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFzFURYEZhM
Didn't even look like it was hit.

missed all the boney bits....could have been just about any cartridge/projectile combination and would see same thing...animal didnt go far all the same.
care to hazard a guess as to ammunition choice??? would just about put money on it NOT being a bog standard 50-55grn cup n core at 3100fps...the pop when hit would have been greater had it been I suspect.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Just found this on You Tube. A Chamois shot with a .223rem. Go to 9:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFzFURYEZhM
Didn't even look like it was hit.

Yeah, surprising there was no reaction at all. If you slow the vid down you can see the shock of the bullet hit but it appears to be quite low down above the bracket. Maybe a heart shot, which would account for the run.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Yeah, surprising there was no reaction at all. If you slow the vid down you can see the shock of the bullet hit but it appears to be quite low down above the bracket. Maybe a heart shot, which would account for the run.

Correction: Brisket, not bracket.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Correction: Brisket, not bracket.

He says in the comments that it was a badly placed shot.

Must admit I have had the same (non) reaction with a buck chamois hit with a 165gn Nosler BT from my short barreled 308win. I though I had missed it as it just stood there, side on, looking in my direction. A second shot dropper it but the first, behind the shoulder, had done the business. I have since changed to 168 ELD-M in that rifle and they seem to go better. The BTs were great in the 300wm but I suspect a bit hard for the lower velocity of the 308win.
Sorry. As you were. Back on topic.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Must admit I have had the same (non) reaction with a buck chamois hit with a 165gn Nosler BT from my short barreled 308win. I though I had missed it as it just stood there, side on, looking in my direction. A second shot dropper it but the first, behind the shoulder, had done the business. I have since changed to 168 ELD-M in that rifle and they seem to go better. The BTs were great in the 300wm but I suspect a bit hard for the lower velocity of the 308win.
Sorry. As you were. Back on topic.

if you hit shoulder bones...much different outcome...a chammy is no bigger than average dog/nanny goat so not a heck of a lot of resistance to a big projectile,slipped in behind shoulders,there is chance to hit a rib...or slip between them,if it slips between it has stuff all to make it expand...same goes for lots of animals.