Thread: Poor Man's AR

Originally Posted by Mooseman

Nice going again Tahr. The 222, 223 are underrated as deer calibers. Many years ago in the Forest Service and in my meat hunting days I used the 222 Rem and it performed well even on longer shots.
It was common for shoulder shot animals to run 20-30 meters before going down. I shoulder shot a 100 odd kg red stag one time in the shoulder at about 40 meters and he piled up 20 meters into the bush. The beauty of these light calibers is they were accurate and you seldom missed so a short follow up most times resulted in a dead animal.
I currently have a Mod 7 223 which I don't use much these days but it has knocked a few animals over with those 55gr Hornady SP/WC projectiles.

My first animal was taken with the guides .222 Remington, a fallow stag about 80 mts, bang flop, no follow up shot needed, was very impressed......... he told me though, dont try this caliber on a stag in the roar....(Tui ad)