Hi everyone I’ve only just joined. I’ve shot all my life mainly pigeon pheasant and partridge. I’ve moved to the countryside in my retirement. Have a few chickens ducks. Looking to get 6 sheep in the spring. Now have problems with Charlie and ones dumped around here. I’ve had a 17 hornet for some time. Just upgraded to a Tikka T3X in 223. Hope to get lots of help info from this site.
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Scarpa
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Welcome to the site. I found a lot a good info on here moving to a centrefire several years ago. I'd shot air rifle and shotgun most of my life, had my first SC at 15 but then decided to get into deer and boar so bought a 30-06. With your experience you probably have a good awareness of safe shooting and backstops, but just be aware that a richochet from a CF can travel a long way so err on the side of caution if foxing on flat ground. Funnily enough my brothers family in North Wales just relocated to a smallholding and now have 7 sheep, 2 goats and about 20 chickens, they are loving it.
12gsnapcaps
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If just for fox, a good light frangible 40grain bullet/cartridge is a great choice for .223, like a Hornady v-max load - VERY flat shooting (point and shoot to 200+ yards) and helps lower risk of ricochet/pass through.
If you're moving from 17 hornet to .223 - I wouldn't worry too much. Any safety considerations/skills relevant are the same for both chamberings.
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