Thread: .223: The Ins & Outs of it

Originally Posted by tetawa

Excellent expansion from a 223 projectile at that distance, have you shot deer with it under 100 meters.

@tetawa I've only shot 5 deer with it. The fallow buck below was about 100m away. All have dropped on the spot. This buck was above me coming down a hill (NOT sky-lined...) The projectile entered the chest (front on) smashed up the lungs, and ended up smashing the spine just in front of the rump.

On goats at close range they drop them like a sack of spuds with about a 50c size hole in and out the shoulder; but the lungs wrecked; same with fallow under 100m. My mate shot a big heavy billy right through the shoulder at 100m and it went 5m 50c hole either side and lungs wrecked too. Bugger all ruined meat in all cases.

Originally Posted by bumblefoot

@tetawa I've only shot 5 deer with it. The fallow buck below was about 100m away. All have dropped on the spot. This buck was above me coming down a hill (NOT sky-lined...) The projectile entered the chest (front on) smashed up the lungs, and ended up smashing the spine just in front of the rump.

On goats at close range they drop them like a sack of spuds with about a 50c size hole in and out the shoulder; but the lungs wrecked; same with fallow under 100m. My mate shot a big heavy billy right through the shoulder at 100m and it went 5m 50c hole either side and lungs wrecked too. Bugger all ruined meat in all cases.

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Very good, did you happen to retain any of the projectiles, if so did they show great "mushrooming" like the long shot or break up.