Thread: Is the .223 the most versatile cartridge?

Originally Posted by Dublin

Biggest limiter with the .223 would be range. But on the same token the vast majority of experienced hunters i've ever talked too (when there being honest), have rarely shot deer outside of 100m anyway. 80-90% is the general ratio given of the deer shot inside 100m. The old argument of, your going to have to walk to the animal to recover it so what difference does it make.

Really? Not here it ain't, unless you're only a thick bush stalker. Are you in Aus? In the Vic High Country most of the deer I shot or watched shot were quite far away, like 200m++, or much further, very similar to here, glassing faces, waiting.