I inherited a Remington 700 in 223 with a bull barrel this year and I was thinking about trying it out on some whitetail this year. Normally I shoot a 30.06 or 30/30
As a kid I killed plenty of deer and hogs out to 100 yards or so with a little single shot 223. With a quality bullet and good shot placement a it's fine for whitetail.
My better half’s primary rifle is a Howa .223. She’s probably the exception, but has killed 30-35 deer with it and has never lost one. She shoots neck if they’re close and high shoulder if they’re past 100. If it ain’t broke....
We don’t have massive deer here by any means, but I’ve seen it drop multiple 200lb bucks like a bad habit.
Great deer round. As said before usually no exit therefore no blood trail. I reload a 60 gn. Nosler Partition and would have my son shoot them high in the shoulder. Dropped a lot of deer with that round. Black hills ammo makes that round if you don't reload.
Hand loads with 55 grain Barnes TSX bullets will blow through both shoulders on a broadside shot. My kids killed several South Texas bruisers with it when they were younger. Even with the exit wound there was never a great blood trail but I doubt any of the ones they killed ever made it over 50 yards and most fell within sight. Also, we never lost one that they pulled the trigger on.
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