Thread: 223 on deer

Lower impact velocity = less deformation, and more to deform in the first place?

Velocity is not all that different especially when BC taken into account. 80gr doing a tad over 2700fps, 73gr 2850fps. Impact Velocity is very close. Maybe with the extra 7gr of mass but, that equates to 9% which could be considered significant, especially in these small bore cartridges.

I've found the 80s to produce nice mushrooms. Haven't shot a 73. Would try them if I could find the factory match ammo loaded with them, to save handloading faff

Reference photo, is my experience with the 73/75gr ELDM's. Quite a few deer with them, very reliable and emphatic despite the lack of retained weight. The 80s do give me confidence on unforgiving angles and larger deer, so I will stuck with them.

7 days chasing sika next week, have 2 good loads, 65 gameking and 77tmks, up close at bush ranges is one projectile more effective than the other?

65gr GMK.

Originally Posted by Scotts

7 days chasing sika next week, have 2 good loads, 65 gameking and 77tmks, up close at bush ranges is one projectile more effective than the other?

TMK all day!

I'd use the game kings up close because they are cheaper lol. I have killed 4 deer with them. A couple of reds at 240m kept going for a bit before dying, TMK is probably better suited for that kind of thing. A good size red spiker at 150 died on the spot with a neck shot. They produce good wounding on goats I have inspected from up close to 120m. Have shot a few at 300 as well but didn't go over to look.

Originally Posted by Beavis

I'd use the game kings up close because they are cheaper lol. I have killed 4 deer with them. A couple of reds at 240m kept going for a bit before dying, TMK is probably better suited for that kind of thing. A good size red spiker at 150 died on the spot with a neck shot. They produce good wounding on goats I have inspected from up close to 120m. Have shot a few at 300 as well but didn't go over to look.

Iv shot enough animals with the 65gk to have full confidence with in limitations

Originally Posted by Tahr

30 wallaby and 2 upside Fallow. A good day for the .223.

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I shot these 2 with the 74 grn Targex at 3k. About 100 yards. They work pretty well - like the 73 ELDM I expect.
Have shot quite a few deer with them - loaded a few hundred for wallaby and once I had the gun sighted in for them Ive just kept plugging away. They seem just as good as the common cluster of 70-80 grn bullets people use on here.

An interesting side story is that the cocky told us to shoot the Fallow if we came across them. So I shot these first 2 and then around the next corner was another lot of about a 6 or so. I had to decide straight away what I was there for so left them and got back onto the wallaby. In the end I saw about 30 Fallow and was glad I made the decision to let them be. Meanwhile on another part of the place my mate had shot 2 Fallow as well and left the rest he saw so we were thinking the same.

Time to put some effort into these

G1 bc of .485

G7 bc of .244

Velocity will be interesting in a Sako with its long throat and spacious magazine

Don't think you'll be disappointed, Bryan litz lists the G1 BC as .505

Cool as thanks

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

Time to put some effort into these

G1 bc of .485

G7 bc of .244

Velocity will be interesting in a Sako with its long throat and spacious magazine

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Spacious Sako mag??? Done some mods?

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Hahahaha

Thought that would get a response

Going to single load

COL (cartridge overall length) for my Sako is 2.470 inches at a 5 thou jump