.223 on muntjac
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Will be fine, choose a hunting bullet rather than a varmint bullet unless you’re only planning to head or neck shoot.
Plenty of soft points are as explosive as v-max, it’s more to do with the thickness of the jacket.
My plan going fwd to the lead ban for >6mm is a .223 for muntjac and we have a copper .270 load developed for when it is needed.
So the .243 will get swapped for a .223 and what ever round I find that works in the .223
Bo Diddley
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Just the ticket.
I use 60 grain Vmax, always head & neck.
I use 60 grain Vmax, always head & neck.
Currently it is running norma off the shelf loads. As I have a day/night scope on it the plan was for foxes only as i belive it is not quite cricket to not use glass (i accept there is a difference between stalking and pest control) but I could be seriously tempted...
Loads of people are using digital to make the most of first and last legal light now. What bullet is loaded in the normal loads?
No problem.
I use a little Sako A1 .222 when on a munty only mission. As per this evening, stalked in from 300m and dropped a young buck on the spot at 160m ( sacrificed a shoulder to make sure) . Sako 55g SP’s
I use a little Sako A1 .222 when on a munty only mission. As per this evening, stalked in from 300m and dropped a young buck on the spot at 160m ( sacrificed a shoulder to make sure) . Sako 55g SP’s
the_greenman
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I use 55gr factory loads on munty and fox. Perfect little round, just a shame roe are out of bounds here in England. Still can't see the continued reasoning on this considering it's legal north of the border but that's a different thread I guess.
Only any good if it’s for personal consumption.
Bo Diddley
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Well, at £2.50p for a muntjac at the dealers, who in their right mind will bother to drop them off?
The buck I shot tonight I'm giving away to a Liverpudlian pensioner... thankfully, he lives a few miles away, and is happy to collect... bit of a trek for me to Liverpool.
Lloyd90
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In 223?
Used a lot over in New Zealand I think.
Crazy it can’t be used for Roe in England.
Yes in 223,
It seems like most men and there dog use 223 for a lot of hunting over here, was very weird coming from the uk to here and seeing how common the 223 is used for shooting fallow. I’ve always been a big fan of going for more stopping power but the 223 does its job on putting them down well.
maximus otter
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l’ve just started reloading .223 with - coincidentally - 55 grain V-Max and a charge of N133 that gives me 3388 fps.
I always prefer to take 90⁰ boiler room shots; with munties and CWD I just mentally write off one or both forelegs. It’s not as if there’s much of a meal on them anyway, and l like the massive damage and virtually guaranteed instant drop.
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