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Favorite. 223 hunting round
Posted By: wwhunter
Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/10/12 01:45 AM
So what's your favorite factory. 223 hunting round for yotes and pigs
Posted By: Family Style
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/10/12 02:16 AM
Any 223....Just have to put it in there ear.....Works every time if done right!
If not....Oh well:)
Posted By: ishootspoonies
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/10/12 02:28 AM
right now its 55 gr remington psp. but im new to this game and ill be following the thread.
Posted By: FreerOrBust
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/10/12 02:30 AM
Hornday 55g v-max. Shoots the best out of my rifle and hast had anything dissappear from it yet!
Posted By: IHateFeralPigs
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/10/12 03:03 AM
i use the 75gr Hornady BTHP or Black Hills 68/69 gr HP with good effect on pigs...these rounds shoot pretty well out of my guns and the reason i use 223 is because of the faster follow up shots i get versus a 308 but i also limit the range to about 150 yards...if they were farther than that on a consistent basis i would opt for a 308 instead
Posted By: 1FowlHntR
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/10/12 06:16 AM
For hogs 55 gr Winchester Ballsitic Silvertip. for 'Yotes 55 gr psp.
Posted By: 8pointdrop
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/10/12 10:57 AM
I've been hand loading some 62 gr ballistic tips and love them.
Posted By: GriffGruff78
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/10/12 02:36 PM
I recommend the 62 grain Remington core-lokt.
Posted By: tth_40
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/10/12 02:38 PM
right now its 55 gr remington psp. but im new to this game and ill be following the thread.
Me too.
Posted By: Cast
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/10/12 02:49 PM
Mine is a 60 grain Partition over 45 grains of Benchmark.
Barnes TSX 70 gr. loaded by Silver State Armory.
Posted By: almuerzo
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/10/12 03:01 PM
i use the 75gr Hornady BTHP or Black Hills 68/69 gr HP with good effect on pigs...these rounds shoot pretty well out of my guns and the reason i use 223 is because of the faster follow up shots i get versus a 308 but i also limit the range to about 150 yards...if they were farther than that on a consistent basis i would opt for a 308 instead
Right on!!!
Posted By: mochbar
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/10/12 04:47 PM
62 grain Remington core-lokt of me.
Posted By: redchevy
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/10/12 05:45 PM
Mine is a 60 grain Partition over 45 grains of Benchmark.
I hope you ment 25 grains of benchmark!
Mine likes 22 grains of benchmark very much!
Posted By: MB Wilson
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/10/12 07:09 PM
55gr sp from Black Hills on hogs. Killed a lot with that round.
Posted By: linyera
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/10/12 07:20 PM
55 gr FMJ
Posted By: one73maro
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/11/12 02:58 PM
60gr nosler partitions here
Posted By: Ackley_improved
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/11/12 03:59 PM
75 amax @ 3050
62 TSX @ 3100
75 SS2 @ 3000
all via 223ai and Varget.
Posted By: Cast
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/11/12 04:07 PM
Mine is a 60 grain Partition over 45 grains of Benchmark.
I hope you ment 25 grains of benchmark!
Mine likes 22 grains of benchmark very much!
Yep! Still here, so you are correct.
Posted By: tapout
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/11/12 04:54 PM
55gr Vmax has done well on varmits hogs deer and anything else I've shot
Posted By: bigjoe8565
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/11/12 09:16 PM
I just purchased a box of Federal Fusion 62 grain to try out on some pigs.
Posted By: Navasot
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/11/12 09:17 PM
55gr Vmax has done well on varmits hogs deer and anything else I've shot
best by far
Posted By: hoghunter65
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/12/12 12:28 AM
60gr nosler partitions here
+1
Posted By: Bosco58
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/12/12 07:23 AM
So what's your favorite factory. 223 hunting round for yotes and pigs
Well said!!
Posted By: murphy35000
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/12/12 02:24 PM
55 gr FMJ
Posted By: Vern1
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/12/12 03:09 PM
70gr TSX handloads for pigs out of 223.
I normally skip the mousegun for pigs unless that's all I have with me at the time.
When I hunt pigs, I use a 6.8x43 with 95gr TTSX at close to 3K FPS.
Posted By: Hard_ware
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/13/12 06:32 AM
Was using 53gr Barnes TSX, now using 62gr TSX thru ar15 with 1:9 twist. If I had faster twist would try 70gr TSX. 62gr leaves a 1 1/2 inch exit wound, which is largest exit wound I have seen from different ammo I have used in the .223
Posted By: STXHO
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/13/12 07:21 AM
Hornday 55g v-max. Shoots the best out of my rifle and hast had anything dissappear from it yet!
Posted By: fatboy-john
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/18/12 12:45 AM
sadly, for me, if I want my winchester md. 70 Ranger in .223 to shoot anything better than a 12 foot pattern at 100 yards, it HAS to be winchester 64 grain power points. And with those....I get cloverleafs out to 300 yards. Go figure?
2 million different loads out there for a 556-223....my rifle will shoot only 1.
I think I need a good gunsmith for a new barrel....somethings got to be wrong with the twist rate.
Posted By: TEXAN1970
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/18/12 02:40 AM
For Hog's whatever is on sale
Posted By: Yellowhammer
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/18/12 03:27 AM
Black Hills with Hornady 60 grain v-max are hard to beat.
Posted By: msj7x57
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 12/18/12 04:14 AM
I am just starting out hunting hogs with my ar15. it is an old Colt SP-1. Got one last month with Hornady 55gr SP. But, I have the components for a fast twist build on the way and hope to try out the Hornady 75gr BTHP.
Posted By: Hoot12
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 01/01/13 12:09 AM
You can not go wrong with hornady 55 gr vmax. They group better than any other type of ammo I have tried and will drop animals in their tracks. Hogs, coyotes, deer, you name it.
Posted By: Gadget Bob
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 01/01/13 12:42 AM
Hi Hoot12,
I am with you, the 55 grain VMAX, in my case backed by Hodgdon Benchmark, works great. Prairie dogs to hogs, it does it all. It has proved very accurate for me in .223.
Lately, I am using the new Hornady 53 grain VMAX in my AR's, as it has an improved BC. For those loads the new CFE223 powder is proving to be a great combination.
Regards,
Posted By: fish@shoot
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 01/01/13 01:00 AM
for coyotes I like a 45gr soft point run as fast as you can in 223
Posted By: pigplinker
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 01/01/13 02:44 AM
What ever I'm feeding my gun that day, if it makes them take a dirt nap that's the one I like.
Posted By: Bird_Dog
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 01/02/13 03:18 AM
I've been shooting pigs with 55 grain Barnes. We shot 2 today around 250 lbs and dropped them both. I'm shooting a bolt action not an AR. But I doubt that matters. Rolled a coyote on the run at about 100 yards also
Posted By: cntryislandboy
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 01/03/13 04:46 PM
Anyone try the winchester razorback xt in 62 grn? I hear they are both overpriced (about $27-$20 a box) and good.
Well there's a place where I'll be on a hunt soon that only has the winchester xt's so even if they are overpriced, what isn't? And if they are worth a flip, id like to know because I'll have my local friend pick some up.
Alright, so it seems like a lot of folks prefer the Vmax. I was told that these would break apart too much and that a soft point bullet like the 62 gr Sierra match king would be the way to go. Is the soft point any more effective than the Vmax?
Posted By: Hunter80
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 01/04/13 02:37 PM
SHOT PLACEMENT supersedes the bullet choice in most cases. Hit them behind the ear and they'll lay down for you. FWIW I have killed them with 55 vmax very nicely.
Posted By: Cast
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 01/04/13 03:06 PM
SHOT PLACEMENT supersedes the bullet choice in most cases. Hit them behind the ear and they'll lay down for you. FWIW I have killed them with 55 vmax very nicely.
Yep, I kill 'em with a pine needle and a soda straw out to 300 yards, beyond that I fling a pine cone.
Posted By: kmon11
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 01/04/13 03:08 PM
Shot placement is key but of the 22 cal bullets I have tried the most consistent in terms of wound canal/penetration and effective with body shots Swift Sirocco 75gr bonded bullets. Too bad that no factory loads are available but if you reload....
Next favorite is the Nosler Partition 60gr
Posted By: Appels
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 01/04/13 04:25 PM
For hogs 55 gr Winchester Ballsitic Silvertip. for 'Yotes 55 gr psp.
I've had good success with the Winchester Silvertips as well. Ear/Headshots not needed. Spine shots do the trick just fine.
Posted By: dawson55
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 01/05/13 04:39 PM
I've been using the Fiocchi 40gr v-max. Shoots really well in my rifle. Works great on anything I have shot with it. But as with any thing shot placement is the key.
Posted By: TheBigGun
Re: Favorite. 223 hunting round - 01/08/13 08:43 PM
Federal 60gr nosler partition