Took this fallow with a 223 yesterday evening Attachment 184346
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Took this fallow with a 223 yesterday evening Attachment 184346
229 yds 69 grn Targex. Lung shot. Wobbled around for 20 seconds and then came bowling down the slip.
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Hornady 55 SP on a fallow at around 100 yards found under the skin on the opposite side.
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OuchQuote:
Originally Posted by 25 /08 IMP
holy hecka!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
Bugger, you lost a bit there. How far did it wobble off?Quote:
Originally Posted by 25 /08 IMP
It dropped on the spot I've shit a lot of animals with them and they are very impressive, but do alot of damage.Quote:
Originally Posted by charliehorse
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Sika shot yesterday at 100m with a 64gr Speer gold dot, animal quartering towards, plenty of damage taking out the heart, some lung and liver coming to rest in the gut and expanded very well.
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Good. I haven't been able to get them to shoot that well. What is your load I wonder?Quote:
Originally Posted by mawzer308
@Tahr, just a box of factory ammo Giles had left. Grouped just under an inch in the howa. Have some 60gr TMK and 68gr bthp to try next.
I've had a really good run with the Buffalo River 55gr Sierra Game Kings. The Federal 223 Power-Shok 64gr shoot exactly 1" lower than the buffalo at 100m which is handy!
This is one from the opposite shoulder of a fallow yearling at 346m (used a rangefinder). it held together really well Usually I wouldn't shoot that far with the 223 but had a perfect rest (used a red deer spiker on the front of the bike as a rest !). it was at the same elevation as I was shooting, no wind and a yearling.
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Shot this tonight with a 55 grn Sierra Game King. 230 yards.
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This is the entry side. Found the mushroomed projectile in the off shoulder under the skin.
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55 Sierra from above Fallow.
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All about shot placement and choosing when to take the shot or let them go... just like any cartridge really...
My tikka .223 is a 1/2moa shooter
I've shot a couple of deer with the .223 77gr lapua scenars hpbt and a heap of goats.
I only head/neck shoot fallow to not waste meat, I carry them out whole and it also makes skinning clean as.
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Different story when public land hunting though. Higher chance body shots and boning out. Below is chest shot sika @ 60m. Not a drop of blood at entry and no exit . Luckily he died in 14meters and i didn't have to look far. Will definitely go back to carrying the 6.5 in the bush to guarantee exits and blood...
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Dad has shot a heap of deer (fallow, sika, reds, sambar) with the .222 vixen and hornady 55gr sp @3180fps over the years.
90% neck or headshots as we were selling the deer (higher price for neck/head shot animals) and also because the 55gr SP bruise the whole front end with crease shots!
Just a tiny sample of some more recently shot.
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The below was shot the other day with the new .222 barrel and 50gr vmax (fiocchi factory- just getting more cases to load in the new barrel).
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Shot placement with the 80s is more or less whack it anywhere in the shoulder, anywhere out to 300m+
One of 4 the other weekend 200-300m
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