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Well, I have been listening to you guys, so I went back and leaned on my 70 grains loads a little bit. Figuring I cant get enough 2208 in a .223 case to hurt anything too badly, I now have the 70...

...you've got a 16 inch barrel? I cant get anywhere near those velocities with 2208 and my 20 inch barrel. You must have a tighter chamber or bore. With 26 grains of 2208 I get 2784fps. I can get...

I've only got 2730 fps to work with, with the powders I have.
My fastest load is 2784 with a different powder, but the accuracy goes to hell. (The most accurate is 2677 fps.)

But seriously, I am...

What velocity have you got the 70 grain Speer going in your rifle?

Yes, I am thinking I should have tried the 50g TSX rather than the 45g, I think I got seduced by the possiblity of the velocity I could get. Maybe there is still time to try out the 50's.

Aaah, I got plenty of other rifles. That's not really the point. I am not wondering whether I can do it, I am just interested in what people think of those particular bullets. (meaning the 70 grain...

I would like to see a stag that could survive four .270 shots to the boiler room, a.270 to the neck, and a cut throat. That would be a stag to see. I thought you would finish up with strangling it...

I like your style. Tone down my expectations. The actual truth of the matter is that I can only afford to make one high powered cartridge and still afford diesel. So...obviously two or three stags if...

Thanks for that Tahr. In the bush I dont like looking for things and I am threading shots through supplejack. I am liable to take a neck shot first, a high shoulder shot second (to drop him and then...

I am liable to want to shoot him in the shoulder...

It's giving me a headache whenever I press the button

Hi Cambo - the 70 grain Speer does stablise in a 1:12 twist - it was designed as one of the first deer specific-bullets made for the .223, and they all had 1:12 twists then. (I have found it will...

With the shortage and of powders and bullets, the .223 is the only thing I can afford to run.

Yes, the Speer 70 grainers stablise (enough for a one inchish group) they are a semi-round nose design and so shorter than what you might think. I read somewhere they were designed for deer in the...

Here's the choices with my new (to me) CZ527:
(Has a 20 inch barrel with 1:12 so this is what I came up with below:)

70 grain Speer at 2730 fps

55 grain Hornady at 3024 fps

45 grain TSX at...