Thread: A question for the doubters

Gimp is, of course, correct. He is also very far from being a bad shot.

I have shot deer with pure lead bullets out of a 19th century .44-40 which has half the energy of a .223, and the deer all died as quickly as if I had used a .270. My father gave me advice many years ago, he said anything you put a hole through the lungs of, doesnt matter what you use, will die shortly after. He was a .243 man.

Who are these doubters anyway? Put your hands up.

Look, fancy heavy .22 bullets are all the rage in faster twist barrels, but standard 55 grain soft points in a 1:12 and others like the 60 grain Hornady or the Speer 70 grain all kill deer just as well as an ELDX, as they ever did. The last deer I shot with a .223 was a liver shot. It mostly depends on where you shoot them, and as long as the bullet is halfway decent, deer are not hard to kill.