Terry makes a good point, we(myself included) pxss all over the mini14 and yet people hunt with it and get good results. Many pxss all over the .223 but people hunt with it and get good results. Mule Deer said the longest running deer he has seen was one shot thru the lungs by his wife with a 30-06 and a 180 grain bullet, I duplicated that experience this year once again for the 3 or 4th time. So I am going to try some softer bullets. So for 20-40 yard shots I cannot see the .223 with a 70 grain speer or 63 grain TSX being that much worse especially for our small southern whitetail deer, in some cases it might even work better.
