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5.56/.223 for deer opinion
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<blockquote data-quote="Lost Lake" data-source="post: 5250855" data-attributes="member: 12599"><p>Can't speak for a .223, (although today's bullets change everything), but as for hunting deer with anything smaller than a .243, my daughter and I have killed a couple of truckloads of deer with a 22/250. We use the Sierra 63 SMP and the Nosler 60 grain Partition.</p><p></p><p>No fancy head or neck shots, we just placed the bullets in the same places I would've with much bigger rounds.</p><p></p><p>What we got was complete pass-throughs on some decent sized deer, a couple being in the 160 pound dressed weight range. They died pretty fast. As far as dropping them in their tracks, CNS hits do that with any centerfire. Doesn't have to be a magnum.</p><p></p><p>I figured the best way to find out about deer killing ability with it was to kill a truckload, using good bullets, and draw my own conclusions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lost Lake, post: 5250855, member: 12599"] Can’t speak for a .223, (although today’s bullets change everything), but as for hunting deer with anything smaller than a .243, my daughter and I have killed a couple of truckloads of deer with a 22/250. We use the Sierra 63 SMP and the Nosler 60 grain Partition. No fancy head or neck shots, we just placed the bullets in the same places I would’ve with much bigger rounds. What we got was complete pass-throughs on some decent sized deer, a couple being in the 160 pound dressed weight range. They died pretty fast. As far as dropping them in their tracks, CNS hits do that with any centerfire. Doesn’t have to be a magnum. I figured the best way to find out about deer killing ability with it was to kill a truckload, using good bullets, and draw my own conclusions. [/QUOTE]
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