Thread: 223 on deer

@Tahr , rifle looks great mate, a really nice hunting setup. Enjoy

You never know what bullets are going to do. This is the 160 yards entrance (above buck) of 69grn Sierra Tip. It was plenty deep enough into the vitals so penetration was ok but the hard resistance of the shoulder mass sure makes a difference. The first shot into the crease was just a pin hole and exited out the flank (or stopped) - when I took the HQ off I could see all of the bruising and blood shock.

By my little experience with deer encountering in north and south, 223 shall be my choice for multi purpose round, but not for open field.
150 yards max, should have good practices for good shoot placements, 55gr or 65gr is matter but not that necessary for close range.

Well done Tahr. Beautifull animal and an awesome little gun. Thanks for having me work on it.

Ps. Thanks for the back straps!

Just out of curiousity what primers are you guys using in your reloads 223

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

Just out of curiousity what primers are you guys using in your reloads 223

small rifle primers cause the other ones dont fit LOL......seriously it matters not a hoot,and in these times of shortages even less than that. use whatever you have got at hand,if you change brand,double check pressure and velocity by all means,but fifty quid to a knob of goat shit your poi and group size wont have changed enough to miss a deer at the sub 150 yard mark.

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

Just out of curiousity what primers are you guys using in your reloads 223

I use federal

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All I could pick up was cci 450. At least I think thats what I orded. Any good?

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

small rifle primers cause the other ones dont fit LOL......seriously it matters not a hoot,and in these times of shortages even less than that. use whatever you have got at hand,if you change brand,double check pressure and velocity by all means,but fifty quid to a knob of goat shit your poi and group size wont have changed enough to miss a deer at the sub 150 yard mark.

Yeah I agree there, I have 4 different types of small rifle primers and have mix matched them several times. For 223 ranges I have not noticed any difference. Might have to check it if you were right on max load for your rifle but other than that just fire away.

Remington 7.5 supposed to be slightly harder and a bit more flash so more of a magnuim, better for the heavier projectiles.
I use them for everything and the big plus is they are cheap.

CCI 450. Small rifle magnum. Cos I have a lot of them.

Found this write up, way back and tried, it worked well.

As for the heavier projectiles H4895 works well for projectiles up to around 77gr but when you go over that use varget, Varget is the best powder for projectiles heavier than 69gr bar none, also a trick with heavy projectiles in a 223 use Remington 7 1/2 primers they burn hotter and help with case fuls of slower powders like Varget.

Originally Posted by flock

Found this write up, way back and tried, it worked well.

As for the heavier projectiles H4895 works well for projectiles up to around 77gr but when you go over that use varget, Varget is the best powder for projectiles heavier than 69gr bar none, also a trick with heavy projectiles in a 223 use Remington 7 1/2 primers they burn hotter and help with case fuls of slower powders like Varget.

Depends of the length of the chamber. With a short chamber/OAL 2208 gets very crammed. In my 2 rifles using 80 grn, 2206H has given best velocity and accuracy.

I use Federal primers but I'm not fussed.

60g Nosler Ballistic Tips @ 3100 fps



Surgically precise

No meat damage there .....