My two boys when they first started out hunting used .22 Hornet and .223 Rem with great success. The two of them killed whitetails, axis, fallows, red deer, even a cow elk, and numerous feral hogs.

I didn't reload, so we used factory ammo.
The .22 Hornet we used Nosler Custom loaded 45gr. Nosler Solid Base

.223 Rem we used just about every decent soft point offered. Partitions, TBBC, Power Points, Fusion, etc. The TSX was also used quite extensively, especially on feral hogs. Great times!

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