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I’ve had a 223 Montana for several years now and I love it. I did bed the lug and tang and I adjusted the trigger, which the Kimbers are very simple to do that to.
The 223 definitely kills deer, but it doesn’t leave a blood trail like the bigger rifles, IME. I’ve also found that they tend to run a little longer. My deer bullet in that rifle is the 70 grain Speer, which does well, but probably not as good as the Barnes bullets that everybody loves.
This particular rifle shoots 55 grain SGK, 65 grain SGK and the 70 Speer very well and all to the same POI at 100 yards. The 55 grain loads make very nice, little cloverleaf groups.

I put a 3-9x40 Zeiss Conquest on the Kimber 84M Select 223. I sighted it in with some cheap ball ammo. Man, that is a fun little rifle!

I've had a lot of 223s. I'm thinking my older, 2002, walnut, blue steel, 1-12, CZ 527 Carbine will be the last one. It's light and handy, never needed bedding and is very accurate (5 shot groups) with 40 & 50 gr bullets.

The exit wound must be on the other side of the fish.

I feel exactly opposite...around the farm the ar platform just doesn't work....my every day gun is a ruger boat paddle 223... There is no way an ar 15 could do its job.. It rides around in trucks combines and tractors for months on end and lives it's life in the dirt...when I need it always goes bang....the AR is hard for me to aim and handle in truck /tractor conditions..somtimes it needs precision accuracy for a rabbit or coon or possum?.long range coyotes or short quick shots on coyotes...

i swapped guns. Im coming around now.

Look no further than the Classifieds section here: A Remington LVSF in .223. (No connection to the seller). I have two in different chamberings. These were some of the last “good” rifles Remington produced.