Thread: 223 on deer

Here's a little Fallow I shot last night. 150 yards, 77grn Sierra Tipped.

I was perplexed about the larger than usual size of the entry and that I couldn't find the projectile. No exit either.

On reflection I recall that the front of the deer was shielded by light scrub which I shot through. I think that the bullet must have been expanded or busted up as it penetrated the scrub.
Anyway. Dead deer.

Originally Posted by berg243

might have to get a packet of those to try, just got a packet of those gold dot 62gr yesterday as cant get the 69gr tmk for the ruger.

Gold Dot are very good too.

@veitnamcam likes autopsies

From the last deer (above).
Looking at the angle of the shot and exit maybe the big entry was because of the angle of the shot rather tan a blow up, sort of scimming in a bit.
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It did exit


But left some lead core under the skin. The jacket must have exited.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Ha ha. Sometimes the wrong person has got the uniform on

Cripes those M14s' were rattly inaccurate damn things.

Yes. I owned two over the years...dunno why I bought the second one. Slow learner I guess...


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Just a heads up, just received info Belmont Ammo is about to do another batch of their excellent 62grn SP load, which out of my Howa ran at just under 3000 fps.Very good performance on Fallow & Red Snack packs, as well as goats l used them on .These shot 12-18 mm in the Howa & under MOA in the Mod 7 & Sako.

These batches sell out in days normally, so we just buy the bulk packs that come at 1000 rnds loose in the ammo can& split them up among our hunting group.

Originally Posted by berg243

might have to get a packet of those to try, just got a packet of those gold dot 62gr yesterday as cant get the 69gr tmk for the ruger.

@berg243 where did you get the 62gr gold dots from? I've been trying track some down.

Bugger. No can't help you there....

Mate, that would be awesome if possible! Thanks for thinking of me.

I saw some 69g tmk's the other day, PM if you want the details

55 grn Hornady exit @ about 220 yards (.223).
Bullet sitting under the skin. Hit in crease. Ran about 30 yards.

cant complain about that !!!!!

Originally Posted by Tahr

55 grn Hornady exit @ about 220 yards (.223).
Bullet sitting under the skin. Hit in crease. Ran about 30 yards.

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That's good to know, this thread would otherwise make you think 55gn don't work on deer!

On a serious note ,can l also ask the Admin's ban any future posts by @Jhon showing his lay out of load testing notes .I spent 20 mins staring at my screen through the tear stains & my missus has had to make a booking with a therapist for me so l can try to regain my self worth after comparing my own smudged ,written upside down ,crossed out 3 times & at varying angle jottings from my own load testing notes.Put simply in the words of WE'RE N0T WORTHY .Seriously well done on showing us how it should be done

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Ha, thanks! I was too embarrassed to publish my handwritten rangebook page..its not a difficult template to create but if anyone wants it PM me, it's just a Word.docx file. The photos I take while my barrel cools. On my Android I found if I crop the photo immediately I take it, then edit details and change the default jpg file name to a detailed name such as "240gnHawkesT_AR220726gn-45m.jpg" then I forever have a labeled record of the group. And by the time I've walked back my barrel is back down to warm. Don't worry about deciphering my filename, just make up one that is meaningful to you. From my phone I share the photos to a Dropbox folder and from there I insert them into the word document. To publish them on the forum first off I took a photo of a printed page and uploaded that. Then I discovered a free windows 10 app to instantly convert a word file to a jpeg file. Voila!

A tip when you relable a photo via its filename, do the first one for a group, then copy it. Your clipboard will hold that available so the next group you just select the default filename the app has used and hit PASTE. then edit what has changed, usually just the powder charge. Sounds tedious but becomes very quick. Once done I patch the target and therefore have no worries about confusing groups. FWIW.

I only go to the trouble of making the record for range tests that are really meaningful to me. All the raw stuff I keep anyway in my range book so I'm not repeating stuff because I forgot it didn't work.

Ha..been banging off a few of those Hornady 55grn soft nose jobs ? lately myself. They are capable of wasting some good meat on occasions.

Originally Posted by Ben Waimata

That's good to know, this thread would otherwise make you think 55gn don't work on deer!

Hey? I'd say there has been one hell of a number of different deer types put down with 55grn'ers...but hey we know that eh? Smaller 50grn'ers have taken down a hellova number over many decades also ,fact.