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If you can find factory ammo loaded with Hornady 55 gr. soft point, I'd go with that... As a matter of fact, I can. Hornady factory ammo has become my standard go to anyways. Buds had 50 round boxes for $22, so I bought 5 boxes and will give them a run. Thanks everybody. Finally got the .223 Sendero out to the range today. Turns out the gun loves the Hornady 55 grain bullets - thank you, ingwe. Tuned up and ready to slay some 'yotes tomorrow. And I have an antlerless deer tag in my pocket, so...  5 shots @100yards ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/EhWG6iKl.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/OAQ1qxXl.jpg) Sweet rig and nice shooting, hell of a group for any factory load..............but, that Gem of a rifle will probably shoot it all. What did you think of the new glass?
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If you can find factory ammo loaded with Hornady 55 gr. soft point, I'd go with that... As a matter of fact, I can. Hornady factory ammo has become my standard go to anyways. Buds had 50 round boxes for $22, so I bought 5 boxes and will give them a run. Thanks everybody. Finally got the .223 Sendero out to the range today. Turns out the gun loves the Hornady 55 grain bullets - thank you, ingwe. Tuned up and ready to slay some 'yotes tomorrow. And I have an antlerless deer tag in my pocket, so... 5 shots @100yards Sweet rig and nice shooting, hell of a group for any factory load..............but, that Gem of a rifle will probably shoot it all. What did you think of the new glass? Yeah, I was surprised or maybe I should say shocked  that it shot so well out of the gate. Not thrilled with the trigger - I'll get around to replacing it with a Timney or Trigger Tech eventually. The Athlon Midas, ya' know, it's a great value for $339 bucks. But I'll swap it out soon. Nothing wrong with it, just I've just grown accustomed to FFP scopes and the cross-hair is too fine for my liking. When the illumination is turned on it really washes the reticle out trying to shoot those red target dots. On the plus side the illumination is daylight bright and there shouldn't be any bright red coyotes out in the woods. 
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If you can find factory ammo loaded with Hornady 55 gr. soft point, I'd go with that... As a matter of fact, I can. Hornady factory ammo has become my standard go to anyways. Buds had 50 round boxes for $22, so I bought 5 boxes and will give them a run. Thanks everybody. Bringing this back up. I was calling coyotes this afternoon when this doe popped up at 70 yards. I still have a doe tag left, so.... The 55 grain Hornady soft point passed through completely. She ran about 20 yards and dropped. My first deer with a .223. Thanks for the tip on the Hornady ammo, ingwe! ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/xfl00ERm.jpg)
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I have a Remington VSSF coming with a 1/12 twist. It'll be mostly for the range and coyotes, but was wondering if anybody is using 55 grain bullets for deer? A do it all bullet for a slow twist .223.
My kids rifle is a 1/8 twist but we do use 55gr bullets for deer. My son and daughter both shot deer this year with 55gr ttsx, Nosler brass, CCI primers, and H4895 powder.
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If you can find factory ammo loaded with Hornady 55 gr. soft point, I'd go with that... As a matter of fact, I can. Hornady factory ammo has become my standard go to anyways. Buds had 50 round boxes for $22, so I bought 5 boxes and will give them a run. Thanks everybody. Bringing this back up. I was calling coyotes this afternoon when this doe popped up at 70 yards. I still have a doe tag left, so.... The 55 grain Hornady soft point passed through completely. She ran about 20 yards and dropped. My first deer with a .223. Thanks for the tip on the Hornady ammo, ingwe! Nice work!!
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If you can find factory ammo loaded with Hornady 55 gr. soft point, I'd go with that... As a matter of fact, I can. Hornady factory ammo has become my standard go to anyways. Buds had 50 round boxes for $22, so I bought 5 boxes and will give them a run. Thanks everybody. Bringing this back up. I was calling coyotes this afternoon when this doe popped up at 70 yards. I still have a doe tag left, so.... The 55 grain Hornady soft point passed through completely. She ran about 20 yards and dropped. My first deer with a .223. Thanks for the tip on the Hornady ammo, ingwe! I've killed a bunch of deer with those same 50 pack Hornady 55's. Never a problem. In fact they've worked so well I can't see much sense using anything else.
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