For those of you who hunt, even occasionally with a 223 AR..
FWIW I've killed 3 deer with the Barnes TSX 55 grain hollow point flat base in a 16 inch AR with a 1/9 twist. One was a bang flop at 190 yards (measured with a laser) on a farm. The other two were at around 50 yards in the national forest. Those two humped up a the sound of the shot and ran about 20 yards real sickly like and dropped. The two closer ones were pass throughs. The one at 190 yards was stopped under the hide on the offside. In all three cases the insides were mush. That bullet with its four petals spinning at several hundred thousand RPMs is really deadly. I will try the 62 grainers next as I don't think the 1/9 will be good for the 70 grain TSX.
Bob
Complete thread:
- For those of you who hunt, even occasionally with a 223 AR.. -
rob,
2017-05-11, 22:23
- For those of you who hunt, even occasionally with a 223 AR.. -
Ray L,
2017-05-11, 23:12
- That is the deer refuse to cooperate n.m. - Ray L, 2017-05-11, 23:14
- I need to try the 64 grain power point load... - rob, 2017-05-11, 23:37
- Not the weight you asked for nor from an AR but... -
Hoot,
2017-05-12, 07:37
- Not the weight you asked for nor from an AR but... - rob, 2017-05-12, 14:48
- For those of you who hunt, even occasionally with a 223 AR.. -
Jared,
2017-05-12, 09:21
- There you go... - Rob Leahy, 2017-05-12, 11:03
- For those of you who hunt, even occasionally with a 223 AR.. - rob, 2017-05-12, 14:59
- 5.56mm -
Byron,
2017-05-12, 17:06
- Very interesting... - rob, 2017-05-13, 09:02
- For those of you who hunt, even occasionally with a 223 AR.. -
Bob Hatfield,
2017-05-12, 18:56
- Sadly.... - rob, 2017-05-13, 09:07
- I ordered a box of 65 grain GameKing bullets and... -
rob,
2017-05-13, 11:18
- I ordered a box of 65 grain GameKing bullets and... -
Sarge,
2017-05-14, 08:10
- That's pretty good performance... - rob, 2017-05-14, 08:35
- Finally found a range report on my 65 grain Sierra load - Sarge, 2017-05-15, 21:06
- I ordered a box of 65 grain GameKing bullets and... -
Sarge,
2017-05-14, 08:10
- I must need some explanations -
bj,
2017-05-15, 19:59
- I must need some explanations -
Jared,
2017-05-15, 22:34
- More on hogs and stuff. -
Jared,
2017-05-15, 22:44
- "Their vitals are much further forward..." -
Hoot,
2017-05-16, 06:33
- "Their vitals are much further forward..." - Jared, 2017-05-16, 08:23
- "Their vitals are much further forward..." -
Hoot,
2017-05-16, 06:33
- More on hogs and stuff. -
Jared,
2017-05-15, 22:44
- No 50 grain varmint bullets mentioned so far - CJM, 2017-05-15, 22:59
- I must need some explanations -
Jared,
2017-05-15, 22:34
- Shooting hogs for real and in volume... -
Byron,
2017-05-16, 15:05
- i have killed a truckload...or three...of them and - rob, 2017-05-16, 17:10
- Shooting hogs for real and in volume... -
Jared,
2017-05-18, 09:15
- The ranch we were hunting at... -
mcassill,
2017-05-18, 09:45
- I can believe it. - Jared, 2017-05-18, 11:15
- Scott T and I went on a hunt last year and... - rob, 2017-05-18, 15:00
- The ranch we were hunting at... -
mcassill,
2017-05-18, 09:45
- For those of you who hunt, even occasionally with a 223 AR.. -
Ray L,
2017-05-11, 23:12