Search results for query: 223 for antelope

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  1. F

    What's a good long range rifle out of the box?

    What you plan to hunt and what your distance limit will be should dictate caliber. For deer and antelope at 700 and in I’d look at a 260, 6.5 creed, or 6.5x55. Only reason I would look at a magnum is if you’re going to chase elk. If you dont want hunt at all with it, I’d look at a .223 with a...
  2. Southern Elk

    What's a good long range rifle out of the box?

    Elk
  3. Focus

    Who uses an AR style rifle for hunting?

    I'm glad someone got around to mentioning the 6.5 Grendel. I don't own one yet but it will be my next AR build whenever funds allow. I don't hunt with one because I got started on bolt guns a long time ago. But if I was one of these new "adult onset" hunters I would start with the AR...
  4. 3855WIN

    youth caliber

    Son killed two WTs at 6 with a single shot .223. At 7, he moved up to a Ruger Compact .308. That year, he killed 9 WTs (DMAP tags). We started with reduced recoil loads. Mid-season, I gave him regular loads and he never noticed. At around 14, he got a 257 WBY Magnum. At 19, he’s killed around...
  5. D

    open, peep, foxed or variable

    I like open sight's but not my choice for a hunting rifle. Beside's that my old eye's just don't work as well as they did in my prime. Using fixed sights you have three focus point's, rear sight, front sight and target, no one's eyes can focus on three point's at the dame time. The cross wires...
  6. Focus

    Powder Recommendations

    OP I'm partial to H4895 in several different cartridges. I have a 22-250 and a 260 Rem that likes it a lot. Also good in 30-30 and 223. Guys above who recommended IMR4350 and 165 grain bullets are spot on. I use the CCI 250 mag primer in my loads and have killed a handful of deer DRT with...
  7. pointingdogsrule

    Brody's Wyoming Antelope (pic heavy)

    Last fall I asked a client's son if he wanted to go antelope hunting in Wyoming. Brody is 12 years old and lives on a dairy farm. He accepted the invite. The trip would be VERY SHORT. We would hunt a ranch in eastern Wyoming and the season opened on Sept 24th (a Sunday). We would need to be...
  8. Bambistew

    youth caliber

    I started out with a 243 when I was 11. I shot a bunch of deer and antelope with it along with a couple elk at 12 and 13. I "upgraded" to the 270 for a couple season, then to the 7mag a couple years after along with about a dozen other calibers. The 243 is quite versatile for medium game and...
  9. D

    youth caliber

    Not picking on this guy but just another my kid did! Lot of people go this way about cartridge's for young people. No doubt there are some kids that can handle more recoil, just like some big kid's can handle more recoil. But I don't think putting more recoil than necessary in a young kids hands...
  10. ImBillT

    Bullet Selection

    I’ve shot Hornady, Sierra, Speer, Nosler, Lapua, Berger, and various custom handmade bullets. For paper punching I settled on Hornady and Berger. Hornaday flat based match bullets generally gave me accuracy as good as Bergers with very rare “flyers”. Sierra was about equal but at a much higher...
  11. handymom

    Question for the Ladies

    My daughter is 4'9, 90lbs, and shoots a .270 Tikka T3 lite with a reduced recoil load. Several ammo makers have reduced recoid loads. Also, make sure you have a good recoil pad like a limbsaver, and good hearing protection. Using a bipod and having the length of pull right for her size is...
  12. R

    Which rifle and round to get next? 270 7mm-08 7mm Rem Mag

    This is my first posting in the forum. I am looking for opinions on which new rifle and caliber to purchase. I can't seem to make my mind up and every few days decide on a different one. So here is my dilemma... The two rifles I am debating are the Winchester XPR Hunter with the Kuiu camo or...
  13. C

    Working up a load for 'lopes

    I don't have a 25-06, however, I recommend you try Federal Fusions. They have shot very well in all the rifles I have tried them in, Plus, they are a bonded core bullet; not necessary for antelope, but it also wouldn't hurt. I have shot them in 223, 243, 7mm-08, 308 and 7mm Remington Magnum...
  14. pointingdogsrule

    Armor piercing bullets??

    So I am NOT much of a gun brain. The VP of the US stated that the armor piercing bullets were used in the Texas Police shooting. Are these any different then FMJ bullets? Can they be bought most anywhere? For those of you that shoot them.... what is the advantage vs, regular type ammo? Note...
  15. W

    pronghorn minimum cal?

    I used my 223 WSSM two years ago in Wyoming for two doe antelope. Used the factory Winchester 64 grain ammo. I killed two does this year but used my 270. They all died about the same. The 223 WSSM is about equivalent to the 22-250. What I love about it is there's virtually zero recoil.
  16. K

    Which rifle and round to get next? 270 7mm-08 7mm Rem Mag

    As for the calibers you have in question there is no wrong or bad choice... I have guns chambered in each of the mentioned caliber and am comfortable with carrying any of them in the woods... I usually only break out the 7 mag when shots might be taken at the 500 plus yards range... The 270...
  17. Bambistew

    Minimum caliber

    So thinking down the road just a few short years... since we now have a youth sheep season. I'm thinking about picking up a Montana in 223 for the boy to use on his first sheep hunt, and also for dad to play around around with. Other than the obvious zero recoil, I like the fact that the drop is...
  18. RUT JUNKEY

    .223 rifle advice

    I love a good tack driving .223. . .and I agree shot placement is the absolute most important factor. . . you can kill a pile of things with the correct placement. Here is my Savage Tactical in .223 ( on a hill watching for coyote insurgents on our last antelope hunt). This gun is lights out...
  19. Eric.MN

    .223 rifle advice

    Curious what round people use for deer out of a .223? I was thinking I should take my .233 along for my antelope hunt in wy, just need a round 60gr +. Fun gun to shoot an cheep factory ammo
  20. 1

    .223 rifle advice

    It was in UT, but I killed a doe pronghorn at 175yds with a 223 shooting Rem 55gr PSP. With the 60+ grain requirement in WY, I wouldn't be afraid to just use any regular, cup and core bullet. The 60gr Hornady, 65gr GameKing, 64gr Nosler bonded, and 60gr Partition would be getting a look. If...
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