What have you taken with a .223? At what distance?

Coyotes- out to 305

Bobcats- inside of 100

Fox- inside of 100

Whitetail- 3 under 100, 1 at 200.

Numerous coyotes with 40 and 50 grain bullets out to 250 or so yards.
Thousands of prairie dogs out to 400 yards with same weight bullets, but mostly 40 grain.

My, where did you place your shots on the whitetails?
Thanks.

Right behind the shoulder like you’re supposed too. Helll, I might have even hit a shoulder once or twice.

I've killed squirrels, rabbits, woodchucks, coyotes, raccoons, crows and deer. Most of the deer were shot through the lungs or heart like with any other rifle with a couple through the shoulders. Most of the deer were less than 100 yards, one at 150 and one at 330. Varmints taken by the truck loads out to 300 yards.

Numerous deer with 75-77gr pills out to 200 yds, a lot of coyotes as well

Never hunted with one until this past deer season. All killed with a Barnes TSX 62 gr.

My son shot his first deer. 94 yards


Doe 93 yards


Coyote 50ish yards

Those 2 deer do any traveling after the shot?

My went about 50 yards. Not a single drop of blood and the bullet didn’t exit. Lots of internal damage though. My sons went about 30 yards. Great blood trail.

This was at the scene of the crime of my boys doe.

I shot a 140" whitetail buck in the neck at 200yds... dead duck.

The several I’ve killed were 100 yds or a little closer. I shot them at the base of the neck. Drt. No chase.

I’ve yet to try behind the shoulder with the.223 but hope to this coming year as I’ll be shooting further.

A .223, with a good bullet, will do schit at distances we probably shouldn't be bragging about on the internets.

I’ve killed a good couple handfuls of whitetail does with my Montana. Longest one this past season was a bit over 200. Handload the Speer 70gr Semi Spitzer. Bullet performance was the same as all the others I have killed. All exited and showed signs of good expansion. All my shots have been broadside behind the shoulder. In my experience they tend to run a bit further than with the larger calibers and the blood trails generally aren’t as easy to follow. But I still like it. Shot placement matters more. Also killed my biggest pig with it, but that was through the ears at about 30 yards.

Coyotes, crows, turkeys, bobcats, deer, and pigs lots of pigs.

Most have been inside 200yds but it kills well with good bullets and good shooting.

Lots of pigs out to 225 yards with a 62 Barnes TTSX

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....

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.

Come on old man.......2012 is "recent"?
I know you got more than that in ya...

Ever tried the TTSX or just the TSX?

Most of the recents shot with a 55 TTSX?

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

Thats why I put the Texas stuff in there....it's more recent.

Never have. I've got about 1000 of the TSXs, and when they're done I may look at the 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?

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Nope.

At least it wasn't the Mathew Brady 1812 specials..

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.

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.

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.

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.

Absolutely awesome picture. Congrats to you and your son. That's an excellent start to hopefully many years of many more experiences and memories.

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.

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.

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...

Last years 77gr TMK.


188 believe-



Around 60’ish-



160+/-



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Next two are together. Around 100 yards-







160’ish




Sub 100-

Remember, 223’s are marginal and not recommend for deer. Bullet design and terminal ballistics have nothing to do with it. A 45gr SP is exactly the same as a 50gr mono, which is exactly the same as a 77gr TMK.


Last year was mostly a 6.5 deal, but years prior. Impacts from nearly 3,000fps to just over 1,800. None were “80 pound swampier Louisiana whitetails”.

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More gore-

I loaned a buddy my .223 and his daughter shot 2 caribou with it in 2019. Ive never shot any "big game" with one.

I want to try the 77 grain tipped match king. I have killed two deer, and 3 pigs with a 5.56, tsx and swift bullets, I almost feel like it outperforms a 6.8 spc with 95 grain TTSX bullets.

Lots of deer and hogs up to 250 yards

And that there, is why I generally avoid bone whenever possible and try to put the bullet tight behind the shoulder.
I'll take the occasional 50 yards runner, and VERY occasionally 100 yard+ runner to not have to deal with those bone fragments and that nasty, gritty bone marrow in the shoulder meat.

How so? Please clarify.

How is a 50 grain mono that retains 99-100% of its weight even remotely the same as a 45 that retains maybe 40% at best and a 77 that is the same as the 45 at best??

Confused here.

Quote the sentence before that, look at what I posted, and think a bit.

Dude.....hold on.
You're smart enough to see what this quote really means, and how he meant it.

I've read stuff quickly too and not processed it before commenting on it....it happens.

Works on about everything, monkeys to ele. Placement is to be considered of course.

I don't have a pic of the ele, and will spare you the pic of another critter.

Sarcasm is lost on many

Somebody is going to have to explain that one to me.

That’s kind of sad for you

He was being facetious.

My bad. Had to go back and reread/think.

My apologies.

At first I thought, those dang Creedmores sure are destructive. Then I saw the reference to the past.

Correct.

Sarcasm can be difficult to see when reading what someone writes, without hearing their tone of voice and verbal persona. BTDT.

Coyotes out to 300yds or so
Beavers out to 200 at least
Whitetails from 20 yds to around 150

Yep. Great bullet along with the 60 gr Nosler Partition.

I’ve taken a ton of hogs with those bullets and several deer too.

I am not a Barnes fan by any stretch of the imagination, for a few different reasons, but I have developed a fondness for the .224" 62 grain TSX.

It's a killer.

I have a great load for my 1-8” Tikka, 75 eld-m at 2934 mv.

Might shoot a deer with it this year.



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1:8 you can handle those heavies! What Tikka do you have?

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KInd of why we have gone to head and neck shots on all our whitey does we take for meat.

If I could just find a Tikka T3X A1 in 223!!!!!...

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I’ve all but stopped shooting TMK’s for meat as they are too destructive. Imagine that- going to a less effective bullet in a 223 because they are too damaging.

That can't be! There are folk on other threads who think a 243 isn't a good deer rifle! Grins.

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