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Heres some recent samples.... Come on old man.......2012 is "recent"? I know you got more than that in ya...
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I think I have taken 9 antelope the last 3 years with a .223 and the 62 TSX, and in the past I have taken plenty of deer and other antelope with various other .224" bullets. Plenty of coyotes and smaller critters along the way. From 10 feet to well over 500 yards (as described in the other thread). I saw no more issues in killing those critters than I have seen with more acceptable rounds.
One doe antelope went 1/2 mile while blowing chunks of lung out all over the place. It was amazing how much blood and lungs she lost, and still needed a finisher shot to the head. That seemed to be an anomaly though. She was hit with a 69 Sierra at about 75 yards. Ever tried the TTSX or just the TSX?
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What have you taken with a .223? At what distance? How much time and bandwidth do you have? Oh Bullschitt!! Pics or it didn't happen! Meaner! What do you want pics of? Heres some recent samples.... Most of the recents shot with a 55 TTSX?
The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
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I think I have taken 9 antelope the last 3 years with a .223 and the 62 TSX, and in the past I have taken plenty of deer and other antelope with various other .224" bullets. Plenty of coyotes and smaller critters along the way. From 10 feet to well over 500 yards (as described in the other thread). I saw no more issues in killing those critters than I have seen with more acceptable rounds.
One doe antelope went 1/2 mile while blowing chunks of lung out all over the place. It was amazing how much blood and lungs she lost, and still needed a finisher shot to the head. That seemed to be an anomaly though. She was hit with a 69 Sierra at about 75 yards. Ive killed scores of creatures great and small with the .223 but did get a mule deer buck one day, like your doe, that was an anomaly..223 and 53 gr TSX on a buck that was rutting HARD.As he was searching for a doe Over a space of about 200 yards I shot him five times-all vital hits, lungs and heart area. Five entrances and five exits, through and through. My wife joined in the fun and made two more vital hits with her .257 Roberts and 100 gr Soft Points. He eventually just ran out of hydraulics.....never had anything come close to that with the .223
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Heres some recent samples.... Come on old man.......2012 is "recent"? I know you got more than that in ya... Thats why I put the Texas stuff in there....it's more recent.
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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I think I have taken 9 antelope the last 3 years with a .223 and the 62 TSX, and in the past I have taken plenty of deer and other antelope with various other .224" bullets. Plenty of coyotes and smaller critters along the way. From 10 feet to well over 500 yards (as described in the other thread). I saw no more issues in killing those critters than I have seen with more acceptable rounds.
One doe antelope went 1/2 mile while blowing chunks of lung out all over the place. It was amazing how much blood and lungs she lost, and still needed a finisher shot to the head. That seemed to be an anomaly though. She was hit with a 69 Sierra at about 75 yards. Ever tried the TTSX or just the TSX? Never have. I've got about 1000 of the TSXs, and when they're done I may look at the TTSX.
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What have you taken with a .223? At what distance? How much time and bandwidth do you have? Oh Bullschitt!! Pics or it didn't happen! Meaner! What do you want pics of? Heres some recent samples.... Most of the recents shot with a 55 TTSX? Of those pictured the first blackbuck was a 55 TTSX the second was a Speer Gold Dot 55 gr The Oryx was a 62 gr TSX The trifecta on pigs was with 60 gr. NBT and the mule deer doe was with a 55 gr Hornady SP
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What have you taken with a .223? At what distance? How much time and bandwidth do you have? Oh Bullschitt!! Pics or it didn't happen! Meaner! What do you want pics of? Heres some recent samples.... Most of the recents shot with a 55 TTSX? Of those pictured the first blackbuck was a 55 TTSX the second was a Speer Gold Dot 55 gr The Oryx was a 62 gr TSX The trifecta on pigs was with 60 gr. NBT and the mule deer doe was with a 55 gr Hornady SP I know the porkers were shot in the cranium but of the others was there a nickles difference in how they died?
The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
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[quote=10gaugemag I know the porkers were shot in the cranium but of the others was there a nickles difference in how they died?[/quote]
Nope.
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Heres some recent samples.... Come on old man.......2012 is "recent"? I know you got more than that in ya... At least it wasn't the Mathew Brady 1812 specials..
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Longest shot that I can remember with the 223 was a medium sized pig at approx 220 yards. I used a Nosler Partition. Other shots were all closer on deer and pigs at 80 to 130 yards, all with the 65 gr Sierra GK. Over the last few years I’ve used the 40 gr Nosler BT on coyotes, and it is a real effective bullet on them. Shot a big pig with that bullet once, and I swear he hardly noticed.
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This thread made me think. Longest shot on game Ive done with a .223 was 308 lazered yards on a doe antelope. Oodles and gobs of 400-500 yard prairie dogs though.
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Crap! I have been killing everything with a 222. I am going to have to move up a step in gun to the 223. I killed a mule deer one time at 402 yds. Most shots now are 50 to 100 yd neck shots. As I have stated before, my boys and I have killed somewhere around 3 doz. white tails with the rem 788 222. I also killed a large 180" mule deer with it in the early 90s. He was about 120 to 150 yds. Never took a step.
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I’ve killed a dump truck load of doe antelope with a 223 and a 55 grain game king.
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I’ve killed a dump truck load of doe antelope with a 223 and a 55 grain game king. Same bullet I use. They work really well.
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My son shot his first deer. 94 yards Absolutely awesome picture. Congrats to you and your son. That's an excellent start to hopefully many years of many more experiences and memories.
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I've killed a button buck with it at roughly 180 yards along with a few yotes and groundhogs; used the 65 grain Sierra SP at about 2880 fps for all of them, It's a good varmint gun that can be pressed into service as a deer gun with proper loads and precise shooting. There are a lot better deer cartridges out there and I don't recommend it in that role.
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I’ve killed a dump truck load of doe antelope with a 223 and a 55 grain game king. Same bullet I use. They work really well. Years ago we used these in a 223 on quite a few deer, worked fine for us. Also used them in a 22-250, less exits but just as deadly.
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not in the numbers others profess on this thread..one deer a year hunter...
but the distances have been from over 100 yds and less than 250 yds...
63 SMP Sierra, 70 gr SMP Speer....around 3000 fps MV...
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Last years 77gr TMK. 188 believe- Around 60’ish- 160+/- 342- Next two are together. Around 100 yards- 160’ish Sub 100-
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