Thread: howa 223 at ranges

Originally Posted by Flyblown

A great book to read through is Red Deer in New Zealand by Roger Lentle and Frank Saxton. (ISBN 9781869536466)

You can often find it in the local library.

Heaps of useful information in this book including a worthwhile chapter on shot placement.

YouTube has heaps of channels that look at bullet construction, and what bullets to use for what game. Quite a lot of the information presented is tainted by opinion which varies hugely from bloke to bloke. Some of the American guys for example will insist that you need a bonded bullet or that you must use a mono metal bullet like the Barnes.

The bottom line is that New Zealand red deer hunters have been using standard softpoint hunting bullets in .22 cal since the 60s and they didn’t have YouTube or Internet forums to tell them they were doing it wrong. Episode S07E02 (Back to School) of NZ Hunter Adventures had Willie Duley using an old Sako .222 with 50gr softpoints - watch that on the TVNZ app for an example of how to drop 3 deer for 3 shots, and where specifically he shot them. It’s no different to how you’d use your .223.

perfect will have a look at that thank you, seems very useful and will watch that episode too thank you!