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I asked because some folks were pronouncing the 77gr Sierra TMK (Tipped Match King?) as the end all of 223 hunting bullets. Posting lots of pictures of bloody deer innards as proof that the TMK turns the 223 into a big league hunting cartridge. Then they made the pronouncement that it was a legit elk cartridge too.

And it turns out that it is legal for elk in Idaho.

I'm in Oregon and the 223 is not legal. A big Rosie will run 8-900lbs. Even the Rosie cows run an honest 600lbs. That's many times bigger than the biggest muley I've seen. I've tracked bad hits for multiple days and the 223 seems like a recipe for a long tracking job.

But maybe I'm wrong.