Thread: 223 on deer

I broke the 3 deer from yesterday down today. Nothing exceptional about the damage or performance from the very expensive 60 grn Hammer bullets. No pass throughs which surprised me. Only minimal petal damage. While they are "good enough" in .223 ( because they all died) based on my sample of 3 I don't think they are better than the 80 ELDM, 77 Sierra Tipped or 80 grn Targex. And not much better than the common cup and core 55 grn.

On the other hand they are exceptional in my 6.5 prc and .270wsm.

Originally Posted by Tahr

I broke the 3 deer from yesterday down today. Nothing exceptional about the damage or performance from the very expensive 60 grn Hammer bullets. No pass throughs which surprised me. Only minimal petal damage. While they are "good enough" in .223 ( because they all died) based on my sample of 3 I don't think they are better than the 80 ELDM, 77 Sierra Tipped or 80 grn Targex. And not much better than the common cup and core 55 grn.

On the other hand they are exceptional in my 6.5 prc and .270wsm.

maybe they are a shorter range/higher velocity type load....bugga they didnt work so well,but now at least you know...

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

maybe they are a shorter range/higher velocity type load....bugga they didnt work so well,but now at least you know...

I expect that the 52 grain going faster might have been better.