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nope..just got the model 12 lrpv switch barrel(22-250,6.5x47L,7-08),375 ruger alaskan..couple other toys. rebuilding stock pile these days.

I've never had a gun shoot the 60 partitions worth a crap. About 5-6 different 22's that should have shot em, as they were all twisted just fine for a 60. Some shot 4-6" groups. Think the the best I've ever done is 1.5" or so.
But they do put a deer down quick and make big fat exit holes if you can get em to shoot.

64PP's trump 'em in all regards,for half the loot..............

I have had the 64's shoot better in most rifles. And they do as good a job dropping WT deer as the 60 partitions for sure. Nothing like a TSX and from what I've seen of the Amax in the last few weeks it's a hammer out to 300 yards.
Shot my biggest coyote in a while at just over 300 last night. Shot for a further back rib shot and it nearly bust him in half coming out the other side. Hit about 4th rib forward from back slightly quartering towards me trying not bust him up to bad. His liver and lots of other "stuff" were hanging oout of a 6" hole on the other side. He was right at 40 lbs.
Will try for a bigger deer this PM and post results w Amax.

Tough for me not to launch the A-Max at everything...so I do just that.......................

Assuming the AR's throat is set up for it u can use one of these if u can find them (old DPMS VLD magazine...and special bolt stop that allows for 2.460 OAL)--

Got out again the day after my last coyote kill and got to put an amax in something a little larger. Shot a 3.5 yo 8 Pt, definately a cull buck. Range was 150-175 yds about a 175 lb buck.
Bullet was double lung good pass through. Not a big exit hole looks like the bullet broke up a little as the exit hole looked like multiple pieces came through. But the deer ran about 100 yards. Not much of a blood trail at all, but it was a higher lung shot.
I'm liking them more and more now!
Also did some major damage to a couple of does yesterday with 85 grain TSX out of my 6.8. Really capable combo. And got to see a 62 TSX out a 223 AI take a big doe out pretty quick.
Only thing I'm noticing on these 223 deer kills in the last few years is that there isn't gonna be much if any of a blood trail if shot high in lungs. I'm gonna keep my shots a little lower and try and get the heart from here on out with the 223.

I don't shoot anything in the lungs,except mebbe Cats...............

I'm not quite sold on punching shoulders with the Amax just yet and at 150-200 yards shooting from field positions the heart of most of the deer I shoot ain't much of a target and can often be blocked by bone from the shouilder joint depending on angle. If I have a good enough rest to know I'm gonna drill their heart I'd just as soon blow a hole in their brain. Anything that hits em spine and lower from the diaphragm forward oughta kill em (eventually). In the cover we hunt in the brush and palmettos are higher than your head and most years water can be knee high in most spots. If they don't drop on the spot you best be paying attention to where they go. I'll keep being happy if both the lungs are shot out.
I'll put one through the shoulder at 100 or over this afternoon or tomorrow and see what the amax can do.
.177 cal pellets at 1,000 fps on cat lungs can take a long time....but it's usually best they run some distance from the scene

I ain't guessing.

Hint...............(grin)

what is a good load for a 223 rem for groundhogscoyotes foxes deer the turkey i want an all around good load.any ideas or experience??

what?

A very large "what",at that!...............

75 Amax in a 1/8 .223 AI is pretty much 'yote and crow killing nirvana. Haven't applied them to deer yet but I'll get around to it some time.

Someone asked about the 75 Amax in an AR. I've clipped the tip and run them in mil-mags on a 1/8 twist. They shot well but it's hard for me to leave the bolt when I want to let a little blood. They'll will work with a clipped tip until your BTHP's arrive...

I run the 75gr. Amax and 70gr. TSX out of my '250 with an 8 twist. Haven't killed anything with the Amax yet, but hope to resolve that this weekend. The 70gr. TSX blew through a 100lb. doe at the end of last season and did her DRT. Was a center shoulder shot, far side, and back edge near side. She hit her haunches, rolled backwards and kicked twice. Bout 80yds.



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The 75A-Max rates building a rifle around..................

So will the 75gr Amax stabilize in a1-9?

What chambering?..............

Sorry tard moment. Standard 223