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<blockquote data-quote="Iamnotagolem" data-source="post: 1498728" data-attributes="member: 75909"><p>I used a .223 on my antelope this year. It was a 16.5" AR15 loaded with 70gr Barnes TSX's to 5.56 NATO pressures (off the Barnes website). I was getting right around 1 MOA after playing with the load a bit. Since it was a short barrel, I wanted to keep the range relatively short to keep the TSX within its operating range. After chronographing it and looking at the drop chart, I limited myself to 225 yards so I could just aim straight on. </p><p></p><p>After being busted in my first couple stalks, I found a herd of 11 antelope. One buck and ten does. I figured he must have had some kind of mojo to be surrounded by that many ladies. After a long, fun stalk, I got off a broadside shot partially obscured by a sage brush at 82 yards. When I looked over the scope, I saw him on his back with his legs in the air. Dropped in his tracks. </p><p></p><p>The odd thing was how the bullet traveled through him. I hit him in the left shoulder and the bullet exited out the right side of his neck. He had been looking straight at me and perhaps just started turning to run off? Not sure. Regardless, he was dead on the spot. No bullet recovered.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iamnotagolem, post: 1498728, member: 75909"] I used a .223 on my antelope this year. It was a 16.5” AR15 loaded with 70gr Barnes TSX’s to 5.56 NATO pressures (off the Barnes website). I was getting right around 1 MOA after playing with the load a bit. Since it was a short barrel, I wanted to keep the range relatively short to keep the TSX within its operating range. After chronographing it and looking at the drop chart, I limited myself to 225 yards so I could just aim straight on. After being busted in my first couple stalks, I found a herd of 11 antelope. One buck and ten does. I figured he must have had some kind of mojo to be surrounded by that many ladies. After a long, fun stalk, I got off a broadside shot partially obscured by a sage brush at 82 yards. When I looked over the scope, I saw him on his back with his legs in the air. Dropped in his tracks. The odd thing was how the bullet traveled through him. I hit him in the left shoulder and the bullet exited out the right side of his neck. He had been looking straight at me and perhaps just started turning to run off? Not sure. Regardless, he was dead on the spot. No bullet recovered. [/QUOTE]
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