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75 gr eldm @10m top of neck shot.
Grumpy bugger charged in to 5m after hearing a fence wire ping. Couldn't get a shot through the sticks that close so stopped him quick after he went to leave....

I initially had them shoot great in my 1:8 tikka @2920fps. But that was in hot weather and only one batch of pills which measured 0.020" shorter than the next batch lot I got. It was erratic as after...

I haven't used these pills in particular, but i have used other 77gr BTHP pills in .223. They will have inconsistent results expansion wise, they might 'pencil' through if you dont hit bone. You...

2900 75gr eldm 2.440" COAL, 22" tikka. I changed the load slightly (primer) down from 2920fps.

I gave the 75gr eldm (@2900fps) a run yesterday afternoon. First 2 rounds fired at deer since sorting the load out.
1st shot was 280m on a ginger spiker, steep down hill, L to R wind. I held just...

Yep lucky as. Not a hard shot as the head is massive on sambar.

All meat recovered. Each back leg weighs 25kg without the hock. Back steaks the size and thickness of my leg (I'm a short bastard...

My first sambar stag. I shot it yesterday evening while out peacock shooting with Dad. I had just shot at a peacock at 265m when this guy popped his head up in my line of fire. Dad quickly confirmed...

It has been ages since I took the 223 out for a deer.
This was a nice fallow spiker shot top of the neck at 290m with the Belmont 77gr lapua load.
I had warmed up on a few peacocks and goats just...

All about shot placement and choosing when to take the shot or let them go... just like any cartridge really...
My tikka .223 is a 1/2moa shooter

I've shot a couple of deer with the .223 77gr...