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Must be something in the air... I have a 1:8 ordered going in a carbon stock and z5 on top.

Yep, I sometimes have trouble getting a join in the spine to take the head off, not an issue on this one.

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Entry wound after skinning, head down feeding 50-60m. 55gr fioochi soft point (factory box doesn't give any other details) 223 t3 1/8 twist barrel cut down short (can't recall length...

So I chimed in on this thread at the start and haven't read much in between.

T3 cut down to about an inch over legal length and a dpt on it. Have taken it out the last few trips, head and neck...

Used to use a 223 on stewart island thinking that small deer means you can get away with a smaller calibre. Worked fine if you stick to head and neck shots, lost a couple with chest shots and changed...