Thread: 223 on deer

Originally Posted by Hunter_Nick

So absolutely not shot with the .223- exact opposite. Took this spiker last night with my .358 Win at around 100yds. 200gr Hornady SP launched at 2600fps.

You’ll see the size of the hole on the onside, could put my hand through it. Shot quartering on, on the point of the shoulder. The takeaway here is that he still ran 40yds or so, and was no more dead or dead faster than if I’d used my .223 and heavy for caliber frangible projectiles.

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Agreed. The terminal damage created by the heavier .223 bullets is way enough to kill reliably a long way off. If I was to fault them its the lack of blood trail most of the time. But thats not a biggy.

Thats a nice looking rifle.