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Nebraska Big Game Hunting With Semi-Autos
A-FIXER:
And you could do a head shot with it, and be ethical just like the zombie Head shots....
FarmerRick:
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--- Quote from: SBarry on January 12, 2010, 06:27:43 PM ---223 is allowed if the bullet weight is heavy enough and loaded right. It is the bare minimum. Do not use FMJ, and keep the soft points 55g and above.
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Just because something is LEGAL does not make it a wise thing to do. .223 is not good bambi medicine, IMO. If the deer is small, the range short, the bullet heavy for (.223) caliber and loaded hot, and if the bullet is placed precisely, and does not hit a rib at a bad angle and holds together instead of fragmenting the way small hyper velocity soft-points often do...... way to many "if"s and "and"s in there for me..... YMMV.
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My Grandfather took many countless deer(and coyotes, fox, and who knows what else) from the 1930's on with his Model 70 in .220 Swift. Shot placement, as always, is key to an ethical and lethal shot.
JimP:
--- Quote ---with his Model 70 in .220 Swift.
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Muzzle Energy levels for the .220 Swift are in the neighborhood of 30 to 40 percent greater than the .223 ...... the Swift in a model 70 would be capable of handling heavier bullets than an AR in .223: Apples and oranges. True they are both fruit, but they are not even close to the same thing.
The OP asked about semi-autos and .223 .... Max OAL/case capacity problems prevent the heavier bullets from being pushed very fast from a .223 AR ...... how does your Grampa's successful use of a .220 Swift support a position that the .223 is an acceptable deer round any more than my granny's apple tree in her yard support a position that I can grow oranges in mine? I suppose I could build a greenhouse ..... or I could pick a more appropriate fruit tree for the climate......
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