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  1. VikingsGuy

    Doe Antelope Caliber

    7mmRM is not "too much gun" with the right bullet. My S-I-L has taken several with TTSX bullets with minimal meat loss. I would say any modern cartridge with .243 dia. bullet or up that is designed for hunting should be just fine. .223 seems light, but I am sure many have been taken that way...
  2. BTripp86

    Doe Antelope Caliber

    Beg to differ, In the right situations with the right bullets, the 223 works just fine for deer size game. My buddy had his 6 year old use my AR, with some handloaded 55 gr hornady spire points I had laying around to shoot his first deer last year. Lung shot, 40 yd run and a dead deer with 2...
  3. SD_Prairie_Goat

    Doe Antelope Caliber

    Come on, you can say that about any caliber. Heck a 22 LR can kill an elk with the right bullet and the right shot. Does that make it an ethical choice? No, but that's just my opinion.
  4. M

    Mountain Rifle Caliber? Ya- I know...

    One of the things we hunters can have in common, myself included, is that we can tend to be "know it alls" When I look back I can chuckle at myself in that regard especially when I see the different periods I went through. There was the Elmer Keith "big gun" era of two 35 Whelens, Two 338 Win...
  5. I

    New rifle for deer

    My freezer would disagree with you. I’ve shot a lot of deer, antelope and a handful of elk with a 243. Good bullets, and placement I’ve never had to “look for a while”.
  6. buffybr

    One gun/caliber to rule them all?

    The title of this thread is "One gun/caliber to rule them all?" and the OP asked the question "What’s your choice if you only had one caliber to hunt everything…bear, moose, pronghorn, hogs, prairie dogs, whitetails…etc?" So the question is asking for your choice for a cartridge to hunt...
  7. V

    What are you currently reloading?

    Going to be mass producing some 223 so I can get all my boys out shooting a bunch this summer. I’ve finally exhausted my supply of Core Lokt so I’ll be loading 30-06 for the first time. Luckily I’ve saved all my brass over the years so I have a few hundred once fired pieces. I picked up a bunch...
  8. buffybr

    What are you currently reloading?

    I go out to our range at least one day every week. Been doing that for over 40 years. On a typical range day I'll start on a 25 yard pistol range and shoot, offhand at my RR tie plate gong, 2 cylinders or magazines through each of 4 pistols: 9 mm EMP, 6" Model 19 S&W .38 Spl, 4" Model 629 S&W...
  9. T

    308 with 165 Speer Hot Cor for elk?

    truth. When I lived in South Dakota, deer and antelope populations were booming and licenses were extremely plentiful and the seasons long. We filled a lot of freezers using rifle, archery, and muzzle loaders. For rifles, we used .223 with Hornady 60 grn. 270 win with 130 grain, .280...
  10. brockel

    How did you take up hunting?

    I grew up 30 miles in the middle of nowhere on a natural gas plant where my dad worked. My parents were not hunters Or even had a gun to their name. My mom would take me fishing just so I’d quit asking to go and she liked eating fish. I had to do everything though as she wouldn’t touch worms...
  11. 1100RemingtonMan

    anyone here use 223 on hogs or deer?

    Sorry yes I own a .223 Rem and see no reason to use it on Deer or Antelope when I have much better rifles for the task. If it's all you have and its legal go ahead but I like the idea of .243 or larger as is the law in some States. We each have to decide what to use and I choose not to use a...
  12. MT_Chad

    A new build followed me home

    Hey guys, so a new project followed me home from one of the local gun shops yesterday, the price was too good to pass up. It's a left handed Rem 700 in 270 Win, based on the date code it is either a 75 or 2005, I'm going with 75 since it had iron sights on it at one time. It is in a B&C...
  13. antelopedundee

    A new build followed me home

    If it still has the factory trigger it is probably one of these. Easy to tell; if the bolt is locked with the safety on then you have one of these. It's a nice feature.
  14. C

    Howa Mini Action

    I have one in 223 that I had Ackleyized, trimmed the mag release and modified the mag to where it was just about flush, and trimmed a coil from the trigger spring. Still held 5 rounds of 223, but more like 4 of the Ackleys. It is a fun round to work up loads for, 5/8" groups with 62TTSX at...
  15. buffybr

    The Problem with Finding My Perfect Big Game Rifle

    I bought my first centerfire rifle back in 1967 when I was working summers in Steamboat Springs, CO. I had killed my first deer and elk in the previous two years with borrowed rifles, and the hunting bug bit me hard enough to want my own rifle. I asked a couple of my co-workers who had grown...
  16. 1

    Ranking 10 Common Bolt Action Hunting Rifles Under $750

    Depending on intended use, but since you are starting out I assume you'll be using factory ammo. My recommendation for big game would be 243 (if the emphasis is on deer sized critters), 6.5 Creedmoor, 270, and 308. If just generally shooting the 223 Rem is the top choice IMO and is great for...
  17. D

    The perfect "deer/varmint" gun for American shooters?

    I don't shoot auto loader's in CF cartridges, never have. Doesn't mean anything other than I don't use them. The perfect model rifle for me has to be a bolt action. perfect cartridge could be a lot of different cartridge's depending on what you like! Take a 7mm-08 and load it with say 160gr...
  18. 2rocky

    300 win for Pronghorn

    Then don't hijack it and use the search function https://www.hunttalk.com/search/508989/?q=223+for+antelope&o=relevance
  19. T

    Mom and Pop find in 243 win.

    A 95gr Nosler B-tip on top of some RL22 with wreck some lungs, I can tell you that! Have you ever not had a pass through with the TTSX? We've had them on everything we've shot with a 55gr TTSX in a .223 Rem.
  20. turbo2thousand

    300 win for Pronghorn

    ...your thread, but I don't have enough internet points to post my own......I see lots of .243 suggestions. What do people think of a .223 for antelope? I'm striking out so far on archery and my tag can also be used in rifle season. I'm wondering what kind of distance would be ethical with a...

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