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Just wondering if anyone has experience with this bullet on deer from a .223.




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Yep, works great at those speeds out to distances most shouldn’t be shooting anyway. Rib shots are the goal but if a shoulder gets in the way it’s not the end of the world other than being a bit messy..


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I've only killed 2 with that combo, but no complaints.

Good to know.

I've been messing with the 108 gr version from my 6mm Creedmoor.

Dang! That little Hornady is one mighty accurate bullet! If it works well on deer too...

Guy

If I started using my 223 on deer what would I do with my 7-08?

Having seen a book deer that was not small, fall to a 69 SMK with a lung shot and not overly blown out, IE bullet worked just fine, there really isn't a lot of use for bigger rounds.

Heck we shoot most of ours these days with a 10mm Glock and a 300/221 with 194s at about 1000 fps... just doesn't take much unless you are after the once in a lifetime and need worst angle, max distance type of thing.... yes I'd hunt with such as a 338 mag in Deep South for BIG deer... or Mexico etc...

And having killed a deer past 550 with 223 and 75 amax, and with a truck of witnesses... the 223 can do a lot

Texans can only "if". Congratulations?!?

The 75 ELD is more than stalwart.

Hint..................

Oh man you're not supposed to use match bullets for hunting...

Maybe if your night hunting.........but for daylight hunting in the thorn trees I like more gun.

I have an aversion to that too...that said in the .223 there are lots of proper hunting bullets now, lighter weight, better velocities than the 75 and long time proven killers....


JMHO

75 eld-m is stupid accurate and kills deer dead. It's my go to hunting bullet for my 223ai, and I always laugh at the old school mentality that folks have where I am. It's always fun to watch minds be blown with the performance of the 75 eld-m compared to what preconceived notions are. Shot placement first, bullet second, headstamp a distant third.

I hunt in Texas, and it's more than plenty for any game native to Texas. People wringing their hands about it either have no first hand experience with the bullet, or are just stuck on the idea that bigger always equals better...meanwhile, I'm piling primers practicing with less cost, less recoil, and more performance than most people even understand.

Where I hunt, Hill Country deer are not big, and most shots are easily inside of 200 yards. The first year I hunted with a 223ai, my uncle and cousins about threw a fit with the idea that 223 isn't enough gun as compared to their 270's, 7 mags, and 30-06's. Never mind that that they're shooting a factory rifle with a sloppy chambering, a tasco scope, and remington core-lokt. Never mind that actual data matters. Some people simply don't know what they don't know, but I have the luxury of not guessing.

Fear not...75 eld-m is money. Hard Stop.

Otherwise, the 65 gameking wrecks shop, as does a 62 tsx...or a swift...or a nosler partiiton....but none shoot as sweet, in my experience, as the 75 eld-m.

Short range on hogs, the Speer 55,62, and 75g Gold dot bonded will get'r done, 223 AI & 22/250 AI is a shore nuff magnum. [bleep] ain't hard to kill...probably heard that before.

I keep seeing this, and my 223 really likes them.

My 12tw barrel shoots them ok - just inside an inch , only one example but the 65gr.Gameking flew right through an 75-80lb. pig broadside at about 120 yards . Knocked a 1 1/2'' hole that drained pretty good for the several feet she ran . Great little bullet .

Hunter A can see and shoot deer 500 yards away where he hunts. He can also watch deer run 500 yards and fall over if need be.

Hunter B can't see farther than 40 yards where he hunts. Anything that runs at all vanishes and needs to be tracked.

Hunter A and Hunter B need to be careful giving each other advice, arguing or telling the other he's wrong.

https://www.hornady.com/bullets/gmx#!/

a couple guys I know rather well use AR15 rifles, here in florida
with 4 round magazines with the bullet linked above
the preferred load has been 26 grains of h414
they are perfectly happy and I load for them, ranges seldom exceed 100 yards
and deer rarely exceed 130 lbs
personally I tend to prefer my marlin 44 mag, a 310 grain cast bullet over 21 grains of h110

52-55 grain soft points work great. Deer aren't nilgai.

are ya saying Stumpy is spotlighting?

how could that be? its illegal and we all know how law abiding etc Stumpy is and all....

ok, dumb question time.

for the 75 eld-m, what twist do you need to stabilize it?
I have a rem 788 I was thinking about using.

In an AR, can you load them to mag length or are they single feed only?

I'd be interested if the ogive didn't start before the case mouth when loaded to AR mag length.

1 in 8 or faster. Ogive is below the case mouth at ar mag lengths.