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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 437047" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>Sorry, But I have to disagree with all of your choices just as you disagreed with mine.</p><p></p><p>If you want to spend all of your time tracking then it's ok . Or make all of your shots Neck shots</p><p>so they will fall where they were shot.</p><p></p><p>I happen to like the 223 but like all cartriges it has it's place and big game is not it. In any case, </p><p>I would not recomend any thing lighter than a 22/250 for deer with a clear conscious.</p><p></p><p>The reason I recomended the WSSMs was they are the most available and very powerful in </p><p>an AR platform and can be used at extended ranges.</p><p></p><p>Of all the cartriges I could find these are the energies listed=</p><p>204 Ruger=1357 ft/lbs</p><p>223 Rem =1282 ft/lbs</p><p>223WSSM= 1810 ft/lbs</p><p>243 WSSM=2258 ft/lbs</p><p>25 WSSM =2347 ft/lbs</p><p>6.5 Grendel=1875 ft/lbs</p><p>6.8 SPC =1588 ft/lbs</p><p>The next ones are short range (300 yards max).</p><p>458 Socom = 335 grain @ 1800 ft/sec for 2405 ft/lbs of energy.</p><p>450 Bushmaster = 250 grain @ 2200 ft/sec for 2686 ft/lbs of energy.</p><p>50 Beowulf =334 grain @ 1900 ft/sec for 2678 ft/lbs of energy.</p><p></p><p>The "recomended" impact energy for one shot kills on deer is 1000 ft/lbs of energy, so if you</p><p>subscribe to these energies some of the cartriges have less than a 100 yard effective range.</p><p></p><p>So you be the judge as to what you will be willing to live with.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 437047, member: 2736"] Sorry, But I have to disagree with all of your choices just as you disagreed with mine. If you want to spend all of your time tracking then it's ok . Or make all of your shots Neck shots so they will fall where they were shot. I happen to like the 223 but like all cartriges it has it's place and big game is not it. In any case, I would not recomend any thing lighter than a 22/250 for deer with a clear conscious. The reason I recomended the WSSMs was they are the most available and very powerful in an AR platform and can be used at extended ranges. Of all the cartriges I could find these are the energies listed= 204 Ruger=1357 ft/lbs 223 Rem =1282 ft/lbs 223WSSM= 1810 ft/lbs 243 WSSM=2258 ft/lbs 25 WSSM =2347 ft/lbs 6.5 Grendel=1875 ft/lbs 6.8 SPC =1588 ft/lbs The next ones are short range (300 yards max). 458 Socom = 335 grain @ 1800 ft/sec for 2405 ft/lbs of energy. 450 Bushmaster = 250 grain @ 2200 ft/sec for 2686 ft/lbs of energy. 50 Beowulf =334 grain @ 1900 ft/sec for 2678 ft/lbs of energy. The "recomended" impact energy for one shot kills on deer is 1000 ft/lbs of energy, so if you subscribe to these energies some of the cartriges have less than a 100 yard effective range. So you be the judge as to what you will be willing to live with. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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