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What can't .223 kill?
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<blockquote data-quote="436" data-source="post: 390710" data-attributes="member: 16609"><p>[SIZE=+1]<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">I've seen older hunting videos of the American Inuit hunting Polar Bear on the ice with a .222 Remington along with their slid dogs. It seems they would let the dogs harass the bear and stand him up right; then walk up and dump it with one or two rounds to the head. When .223 Rem came out, they changed their rifles over and started using M193 ball'..., to them the new cartridge was like a lighting bolt compared to the .222 Rem; the 223 Rem ammo was like gold up there for awhile... You could almost name your price for a'....., Mil 440 rounds ammo can of it. Those were some very good trading days back them; the gun shops would move the ammo North like a cartel king pins. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">So will the .223 Rem handle large game? Sure it will; like the man said' it's all about bullet placement'..., as with any cartridge used by hunters. Get it were it needs to go '..., it will do the rest. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Would I hunt large game with one? No. There are too many other ones that would service me better. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Have I hunted large game with a .223 Rem?.... yep... when I lived in Idaho... and for a few years in Washington before they made it illegal to do so. It killed quite well within it range, when the round(s) were placed correctly on the target. Never had an animal get away, but then I wasn't trying to shoot them across canyon or off hill tops, it was usually under 250 yards.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Today with bullets like Barnes and Berger and better barrel twist; the distance could be stretched out quite a bit. Right now my favorite long range paper puncher in the 1k game is my .222 Remington Magnum with a 80gr Berger VLD's.. It was originally in a .223 Rem that I re-chambered'..., it wasn't that the .223 Rem with the same bullet couldn't perform out at 1k'..., I wanted a little more powder pop to keep it over 3000 fps day in and day out. Now and then the .223 Rem would drop vel's on me, going just under the speed of sound before it got there, problem solved.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Just my .02</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">436</span>[/SIZE]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="436, post: 390710, member: 16609"] [SIZE=+1][FONT=Comic Sans MS]I've seen older hunting videos of the American Inuit hunting Polar Bear on the ice with a .222 Remington along with their slid dogs. It seems they would let the dogs harass the bear and stand him up right; then walk up and dump it with one or two rounds to the head. When .223 Rem came out, they changed their rifles over and started using M193 ball'..., to them the new cartridge was like a lighting bolt compared to the .222 Rem; the 223 Rem ammo was like gold up there for awhile... You could almost name your price for a'....., Mil 440 rounds ammo can of it. Those were some very good trading days back them; the gun shops would move the ammo North like a cartel king pins. So will the .223 Rem handle large game? Sure it will; like the man said' it's all about bullet placement'..., as with any cartridge used by hunters. Get it were it needs to go '..., it will do the rest. Would I hunt large game with one? No. There are too many other ones that would service me better. Have I hunted large game with a .223 Rem?.... yep... when I lived in Idaho... and for a few years in Washington before they made it illegal to do so. It killed quite well within it range, when the round(s) were placed correctly on the target. Never had an animal get away, but then I wasn't trying to shoot them across canyon or off hill tops, it was usually under 250 yards. Today with bullets like Barnes and Berger and better barrel twist; the distance could be stretched out quite a bit. Right now my favorite long range paper puncher in the 1k game is my .222 Remington Magnum with a 80gr Berger VLD's.. It was originally in a .223 Rem that I re-chambered'..., it wasn't that the .223 Rem with the same bullet couldn't perform out at 1k'..., I wanted a little more powder pop to keep it over 3000 fps day in and day out. Now and then the .223 Rem would drop vel's on me, going just under the speed of sound before it got there, problem solved. Just my .02 436[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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