Thread: 223 on deer

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

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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.

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.

69gn tmk just under the chin from about 20m. A knock out blow you could say ..

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????

Originally Posted by gimp

Wavering? Nonsense

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@gimp is there a little story that goes with that?

Originally Posted by Tahr

@gimp is there a little story that goes with that?

I, for one, certainly hope so !

Originally Posted by Tahr

@gimp is there a little story that goes with that?

Day 8 of 11 hunting 3 different areas. Identified a likely looking bush terrace, climbed up and sure enough there was a stag roaring. He was roaring well but wouldn't come in, so Dean kept him going while I snuck in on him. He stepped out from behind a big red beech, I shot him in the high shoulder, he more or less flopped over. A zone with a reasonably high number of skinny deer.

Yesterday's effort (day 11). I roared him up in a nice open red beech gully, he came charging in to about 10m and stopped to roar, so I shot him at the base of the skull. Not really in the spirit of this thread though, anything works with a head shot.

Originally Posted by gimp

Day 8 of 11 hunting 3 different areas. Identified a likely looking bush terrace, climbed up and sure enough there was a stag roaring. He was roaring well but wouldn't come in, so Dean kept him going while I snuck in on him. He stepped out from behind a big red beech, I shot him in the high shoulder, he more or less flopped over. A zone with a reasonably high number of skinny deer.

Yesterday's effort (day 11). I roared him up in a nice open red beech gully, he came charging in to about 10m and stopped to roar, so I shot him at the base of the skull. Not really in the spirit of this thread though, anything works with a head shot.

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Cracker stag, nice paint job on that stock

Originally Posted by dannyb

Cracker stag, nice paint job on that stock

It's a standard Manners finish, what they happened to have available when I ordered a stock

Originally Posted by gimp

It's a standard Manners finish, what they happened to have available when I ordered a stock

I've done a few stocks like that, love it

In the UK we are not permitted to shoot the larger deer species with a .223 even though it would be capable, just not ideal in the hands of recreational stalkers.
I cull a lot of deer in the UK and on the smaller deer such as Chinese Water Deer, Muntjac and Roe it is an excellent round.
VMax is an excellent bullet for head shots but for body shots I would certainly follow the advice of using a stout soft point in as heavy a weight as your barrel will stabilise.
For a 1:10 twist you should be good up to 65g soft points.

That Sako is a beautiful rifle. I thought the deer were hares for a minute.