I used one for deer and elk for a number of years back in my "poor boy" days. Never an issue, ballistic wise they are near enough to a 308 Win that no animal noticed the difference. Depending on the model they can be problematic to scope if you are planning on doing that to one.

drover

223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.

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