Thread: 223 on deer

Last evening. 2@175 yds. 80 grn Targex. First one neck, second one lung.

If you zoom in the first pic you can see them about 20 yds apart after I had shot them.

Good work @Tahr lovely looking rifle. A savage?

Originally Posted by Dama dama

Good work @Tahr lovely looking rifle. A savage?

Savage Lightweight re- barrel'd with 1:8 Trueflight. Jaco on here did the work.

Awesome looking county well done.

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Originally Posted by 25/08 IMP

Awesome looking county well done.

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Quite a load for the old guy by the time I had the legs too. Crossed over to the face then followed the ridge and back round.

I'm finding the 22 cal impressive, whilst nite hunting with thermal spotter and infr I had a sambar stag walk to the bush edge of the paddock. A Hillar shot with the 22 hornet and win 46 gr hp, thirty yrd sprint and he's now ready to be processed .

Nice work Tahr. What sort of scope is that youre running on said 223??

Mine is ready apparently. I just have to go to Cambridge to get it. Crook with the flu atm so not going anywhere!!

Originally Posted by tac a1

Nice work Tahr. What sort of scope is that youre running on said 223??

Mine is ready apparently. I just have to go to Cambridge to get it. Crook with the flu atm so not going anywhere!!

https://tractoptics.com/riflescopes/...ng-rifle-scope

There are some rotten bugs around at the moment. Whats your rifle?

Originally Posted by Tahr

https://tractoptics.com/riflescopes/...ng-rifle-scope

There are some rotten bugs around at the moment. Whats your rifle?

Gday,

Its a Howa on an elude chassis. Carbon barrel.

Havent had time to muck around with it too much yet. No optics on it yet so still working on that.

Hopefully it will be a dinger once i get it up and running.

To make it 3 for 3, this one wandered into my torch on the way home. About 100 yards. With a light in its eyes, rifle on a solid bi-pod and an accurate rifle it wasn't fair really. Neck shot.

On my way home I was thinking about the difference a good trigger makes. That Savage has great trigger that Jaco fiddled with. Ive got a Timmy for it but haven't bothered.

First try with 52 grain Hammer Hunters yesterday. 3,400 fps from 20" barrel. Group about .75 moa. 4 shots for 3 (front on one didn't drop straight away so it copped another one).

This one at 150 yards. Good blood trail down the hill and vicious exit. The other 2 were 40 and 80 yards. All were pass throughs. Shoulder shots and nothing ran further than 10 yards.





This one 40 yards. Top of its heart blown off.

@Tahr they obviously go very well.
Compared to the run of the mill Barnes what do they do diggerently?

Originally Posted by csmiffy

@Tahr they obviously go very well.
Compared to the run of the mill Barnes what do they do diggerently?

@csmiffy Rather than mushroom they shed their petals which creates wider damage and churn and the shank rips on through.

In this pic you can see that it demolished the heart but also there is petal damage in the lungs.

@Tahr What are your initial impressions on terminal performance of the Hammers vs TMK?

Originally Posted by Hunty1

@Tahr What are your initial impressions on terminal performance of the Hammers vs TMK?

TMK you get a lot more blood shot and ruined meat. Both kill really well. I think on bigger animals the enhanced penetration is a plus for the hammers. Hammers are expensive, but so are TMK's. For me its hard to go past Targex 80 grain.