Thread: .223: The Ins & Outs of it

Not sure what this ‘resurgence’ thing is regarding the mighty .223....been using it for years....


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Awesome stuff Tahr I hope Tilly has no long lasting effects from the cancer opp.
I used alot of the nosler SB over the years they were awesome I used alot of 52 grn in my.223, I wish they still made them.

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Originally Posted by tiroahunta

Not sure what this ‘resurgence’ thing is regarding the mighty .223....been using it for years....


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Ha. Not everyone has been around for years I guess. Am happy to pass on a little bit of old person experience and .223 Mana.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Ha. Not everyone has been around for years I guess. Am happy to pass on a little bit of old person experience and .223 Mana.

Fair enough. FYI I’m shy of your age by 25 years (ish). Funny enough that’s how long I’ve had the .223 for....


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Originally Posted by 25 /08 IMP

Awesome stuff Tahr I hope Tilly has no long lasting effects from the cancer opp.
I used alot of the nosler SB over the years they were awesome I used alot of 52 grn in my.223, I wish they still made them.

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Ive got 300 odd saving them for the 22.250 1.12 twist

Great story and photo's as always Tahr , thanks for the write up.

Originally Posted by nor-west

Ive got 300 odd saving them for the 22.250 1.12 twist

Nah @nor-west and @25/08 IMP, you guys are confusing the bullet I used with the old original Nosler solid base. I used a bonded solid base which is quite different to what you are thinking of.

Those old sold base were good though.

Nosler 22 64gr Protected Point /Cann 410 Bonded Solid Base (100 ct)

Nice write up! was a great read,

Glad to see Tilly's out on the hill again. Nice autopsy!

all this talk of 223 and trebley's has me wondering if maybe I'm over compensating for something with the 308 and 338 ...?
Great to see Tilly out and about again @Tahr and the pair of you are back to business as usual .

Thanks!
Strange how cultures differ. I know it's a real killerm, but here a 223 is considered ok for crow and smaller

Same goes for 6mm, considered ok for the smalles of deers but I find that it kills any deer just as good as anything else.

There's so many new hunting bullets coming out now, that cartridges only seem to get better.

I tried the Noslar Partitions, they never made it out hunting as the the grouping was 2 inches plus at 100, when I commented about the accuracy I got the reply well, they are a hunting bullet. My key to the smaller calibres is accuracy, close up shots I'm sure they would work well, on larger animals. Like Norway said there are much better projectiles these days.

Still use the old 55gr Nosler SB in 223, don't shoot over 180 metres, always do the job if I do mine.

Bullet expansion does not matter if you go for the head

And can consistently make the shot