I shoot a couple of animals every year, usually out to 500m but occasionally past, and I usually am on below 10x magnification Prefer to maintain FOV for better observation of the animal or...
Liked On: 08-12-2025, 05:26 AM
1st night out with the 77gr TMKs. 115m mid shoulder shot. Bang flop. Shredded the lungs and stopped/ exploded on inside of far shoulder. Lots of bone fragments, far shoulder was a write off. 283246...
Liked On: 08-09-2025, 04:56 AM
Ain’t often I’m behind the rifle, mid August solo hunt 10 year old buck 282474 282475
Liked On: 29-08-2025, 06:46 AM
These are a bit if a sleeper projectile in 223. A friend of mine has used these for years, at first in an AR, now in a Ruger American. They kill goats and deer very well.
Liked On: 29-08-2025, 06:34 AM
Another trip with the 223 running 80gr ELD-M. Shot this stag of the off the top of a bluff system and dropped about 300m breaking a few bones. The shot was 474m and shot off a bipod, because the...
Liked On: 27-08-2025, 02:23 AM
To get the best from .223 requires a non-factory magazine in most cases. AICS is an easy option. New production Remington 700s have a 1:8" twist and AICS mag kits are common and easy for the 700.
Liked On: 20-08-2025, 03:33 PM
I shot a deer at 632m with the 108gr Berger EH out of the 6GT the other week. It worked. 2744fps MV. About 1766FPS impact.
Liked On: 19-08-2025, 02:56 PM
Got an entire gun except rear sight. PM me , you can have it free
Liked On: 11-08-2025, 04:39 PM
just as a side note: published BC values by speer are completely made up.
Liked On: 11-08-2025, 04:32 PM
Just got back from a trip with the 223. Drilled 26 goats and shot this yearling at 441m from the valley floor on the other side of the river. Held 1.2 mil for wind, dialled 2.5 mil elevation on a 24...
Liked On: 11-08-2025, 04:11 AM
.223 country. Where we were last evening 281221 281222 Not public land sorry, so add some demerit points :)
Liked On: 09-08-2025, 09:43 AM
Add some points,its nice country and green.
Liked On: 09-08-2025, 09:42 AM
Haven't posted in this thread in a while, long story short, still works. What I would say is that in my experience (50 odd deer with 223) it is often romanticised people wont admit fuckups or the...
Liked On: 02-08-2025, 11:08 AM
Being back at work wasn't ideal last week especially looking out the windows at work with perfect weather but it held for Friday and I hadn't taken the vixen out for a walk for ages since having a...
Liked On: 28-07-2025, 03:25 PM
Tell me more about how FFP and SFP fixed power scopes are different?
Liked On: 11-06-2025, 06:21 AM