Originally Posted by mathman
Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
Originally Posted by pointer
Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
Originally Posted by Crash_Pad
Shot one at 80 yards . She jumped a few steps, turned around confused. Shot her again. She just ran off. Went away for an hour then found her a hundred yards farther away. Shot a little one at similar range. It dropped. 55 soft point, 25g H335, not too impressive.

You shouldn't be impressed when you use the wrong bullet for the job.
I killed a pronghorn at 175yrds with a 55gr Rem PSP out of a 223AI fireform load. Went 10yds. Quarter sized exit hole.

The wrong tool for the job CAN get the job done, that doesn't make it the right tool for the job.

Which is your 223 deer bullet preference?

Fusion, Partition and Nosler Bonded. All of those are well constructed bullets that expand and shed some of their core/fragment.