I was on my way to giving son #2 my mini-14 since I gave son#1 my AR... but since I gave #2 a colt 45ACP I was just storing this ranch rifle till a cop buddy of mine... sayed... hey tommy... I gotta go huntin man.... lets go...
The area he was thinking of I've never been to so I was well up to the idea and asked him which of my guns I should bring... being a muzzleloader hunter exclusively since the late 80's. He asked about my .223... I sayed.. "Really?" He sayed.. Oh yeah... I've got some bullets that drop em where they stand for the .223.. so... never having hunted with the thing I traded him a couple of boxes of FMJ for some hunting bullets.... what surprised me was just how pleasant a gun it is to haul around and soo... figured... why not ...
That led to last night me purchasing a mold for the .223 225646 DC from Lyman, some Gas Checks which I use on my muzzleloader bullets too, so that process is understood... and I got some sizers and punches and shell holders.... So now my question is this... this bullet looks like some of the planes I've been in... sorta narrow waisted.... and I'm wondering it that is where the roll crimp might be located... anyways... does anyone here hunt with this bullet? My Buddy swears by the .223... and I'm not convinced anything less than a .451 or .41 with 400 grains or more is a hunting bullet.. But he swears by the .223... head shots, neck shots and right through the boiler room.... anyone else enthused about .223 and this bullet in particular at more moderate speeds?