Thread: .223 go-to guns?

I shot one deer with the .223 and my AR and I was very comfy. Just stuck my neck up over a ridge and neck shot it at something like 100m. If you can shoot well enough to head and neck shoot then it is great. A .223 will make a proper mess of a neck where a larger caliber could sail straight through. Problems only arise when noobs get the idea that the best hunters use .223, try using one as a beginner and try aiming for the big bit.

I used to 4x4 with a guy that dropped a couple of deer shoulder shooting with a .223 and they just dropped. He was not really a hunter. Eventually he shot one three times and it just ran away and he could not understand it.