Thread: 223 on deer

Originally Posted by Tahr

Have a casual read through these 173 pages and then make up your own mind.
https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/...-moose.130488/

Currently working my way through the linked thread. Again…. Like a good movie, sometimes it takes a second time round to completely ‘get it’. I’ve hunted with smaller cartridges before, but not properly. I’m eagerly awaiting the arrival of a .223 T3 so I can get after it with some 77gr TMKs. I’ll be adding to this thread soon…..

Originally Posted by Taco

Why not go for the allrounder .243
Don't have this caliber but I have almost everything else. for the reds in fiordland I use .270 or .308

The farm that has fallow i can access shoots the fallow with his .223 and swears by it. He is a very good shot though.

Why not have both? I have no complaint with either of mine

i have seen a guy shot out his tikka 243 barrel around 1000 rounds, dont think 223 is powerful enough, animals walk away and die unless head or neck shot.

Originally Posted by holdover

i have seen a guy shot out his tikka 243 barrel around 1000 rounds, dont think 223 is powerful enough, animals walk away and die unless head or neck shot.

lol

Originally Posted by holdover

i have seen a guy shot out his tikka 243 barrel around 1000 rounds, dont think 223 is powerful enough, animals walk away and die unless head or neck shot.

Not true, I think you are just trying to shit stir

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

Not true, I think you are just trying to shit stir

if out for a goat shoot with a 223 and sees a deer i will pull the trigger, if 223 is the only gun then it's deer gun, but will i buy a 223 gun for deer hunt? no!

Originally Posted by holdover

if out for a goat shoot with a 223 and sees a deer i will pull the trigger, if 223 is the only gun then it's deer gun, but will i buy a 223 gun for deer hunt? no!

Good for you whatever spins your wheels, the thread is about 223 on deer. Have a nice evening

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

Good for you whatever spins your wheels, the thread is about 223 on deer. Have a nice evening

you are correct, he was asking what 223 weight pill for deer.

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Originally Posted by holdover

i have seen a guy shot out his tikka 243 barrel around 1000 rounds, dont think 223 is powerful enough, animals walk away and die unless head or neck shot.

Haha funny man

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Originally Posted by holdover

i have seen a guy shot out his tikka 243 barrel around 1000 rounds, dont think 223 is powerful enough, animals walk away and die unless head or neck shot.

So thats you un-friended

Originally Posted by Tahr

So thats you un-friended

a way to keep the thread hotter.

Originally Posted by holdover

i have seen a guy shot out his tikka 243 barrel around 1000 rounds, dont think 223 is powerful enough, animals walk away and die unless head or neck shot.

me thinks you must look more gooder

Originally Posted by holdover

i have seen a guy shot out his tikka 243 barrel around 1000 rounds, dont think 223 is powerful enough, animals walk away and die unless head or neck shot.

What a crock of shit.

Originally Posted by holdover

i have seen a guy shot out his tikka 243 barrel around 1000 rounds, dont think 223 is powerful enough, animals walk away and die unless head or neck shot.

power has little to do with it...placement has a LOT
walk away and die...hmmmmm they do that with any cartridge with a chest shot,how far they walk is different matter
there was an elephant poacher caught some years back,when caught they asked him how he was killing ol jumbo... they didnt believe him when he answered so he did it to prove to them he wasnt lying...he laid in dirt on elephant trail and shot up into heart,via the thin skin under arm pit with a SINGLE SHOT .22 using shorts



and wearing out a barrel after 1000 rounds happens with hot loads and/or piss poor cleaning so your point is????