Small Bullets (.224) and BIG game

[chevyman181]

Brings a up different question. No votes for the mini-Howa in .223?

Or go straight to the Seekins?

I have a mini-howa in 6arc... If it could do it over again I'd go a different route. It's not bad, just not what I was thinking it should be.

 

[Moserkr]

View attachment 402714View attachment 402715View attachment 402716Started my youngest grandson (6-8) out w a .223wylde pushing a 62gn ttsx w/ outstanding results. The first buck was at 230yds n pig was at 70yds, all had exit wounds.

Thats awesome. What rifle?

 

[JV842]

Thats awesome. What rifle?

An AR I built w various parts, she shoots lights out though

 

[Wild Bill]

I have a mini-howa in 6arc... If it could do it over again I'd go a different route. It's not bad, just not what I was thinking it should be.

Care to elaborate?
I’ve been looking into 6 arc the last few days and I like the idea of it.

 

[chevyman181]

Care to elaborate?
I’ve been looking into 6 arc the last few days and I like the idea of it.

I have about 300rds through mine. It is I believe the hunter model. Carbon barrel wood stock... I didn't notice when I bought, but the barrel was not free floated, which wasn't the end of the world. I was going to put it in a chassis anyway. The best its shot with any factory ammo I tried has been about 1.25 moa. My AR with the same ammo has had consistent. 6moa groups. I was also hoping it have been a little lighter when it was finished. It's about 8 pounds loaded, with the suppressor. My first round of reloads shot about as good as the factory ammo. I doing more load development the other day and across 16 loads, only 1 was over 1moa... All groups where 3 shot groups.

I think with a different action, I would have had more options for a chassis and been able to get it lighter and also had more room to play with seating depth.

Over all its about .75 inch shorter that my Remington model 7 action and about 1.5 shorter than my 700 long action..

I know there are stocks that are lighter but I wanted a folder and something that was easy to adjust the length of pull..

 

[D_Walt]

What bullet where you using? I used 110HP ans 120sst. I was shooting a 22in Remington 700.

I used the 120sst and federal fusion msr, (I think they were 115’s). Haven’t used the 6.8 in 6 or 7 years.

 

[shrapnel]

"You should not use a rifle that will kill when everything goes right....you should use a rifle that will kill when everything goes wrong." Bob Hagel

 

[Point Creep]

"You should not use a rifle that will kill when everything goes right....you should use a rifle that will kill when everything goes wrong." Bob Hagel

Which rifle is that? I want to get one.

 

[Carl]

Which rifle is that? I want to get one.

FGM-148 Javelin - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[brymoore]

Which rifle is that? I want to get one.

M-1

 

[Potsie]

"You should not use a rifle that will kill when everything goes right....you should use a rifle that will kill when everything goes wrong." Bob Hagel

I will use the gun that increases the chances of everything going right.

 

[howl]

We eat several deer every year taken with .223 and have done for several years. Rough estimate, that's a couple dozen so far. It's one of the few cartridges we've never lost a deer with. The results on target mirror what I've seen with .243.

If you're bringing up a young hunter, I'd start them competing in 5m BB events; usually through 4-H. (5m BB will really surprise you.) From there start with a 22lr trainer, and then use the .223 analog on game. You'll have a kid more deadly than most adults.

 

[MTLabrador]

Sure looks like a dead bear to me.

 

[Sheltowee]

Freel gets a free pass to shoot what he wants. Dude could grin a bear to death like Davy Crockett if he had to. All the Rawkslyde dudes would do well to step up a notch or three in caliber.

 

[Point Creep]

Got the new barrel on the .223 and shot eight 5 shot groups as a quick test. It was windy, about 15mph and even so the largest group at 100m was 1.1” and those were at the end with a pretty hot barrel. Tried 2 batches of 75 eldm at .51 and .46 with 24 and 25 grains of varget. Tomorrow going to try a 10 shot zero with the 25 grain load. Was getting 2848 avg velocity.

Shot 60 vmax, 62 ttsx, 62 eldm-vt, 70AB and 75 eldm.

Sending 2 other rifles in to have barrels swapped by this guy.

 

[Wyoming270]

This will be good

 

[slatebuilder]

Got the new barrel on the .223 and shot eight 5 shot groups as a quick test. It was windy, about 15mph and even so the largest group at 100m was 1.1” and those were at the end with a pretty hot barrel. Tried 2 batches of 75 eldm at .51 and .46 with 24 and 25 grains of varget. Tomorrow going to try a 10 shot zero with the 25 grain load. Was getting 2848 avg velocity.

Shot 60 vmax, 62 ttsx, 62 eldm-vt, 70AB and 75 eldm.

Sending 2 other rifles in to have barrels swapped by this guy.

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What did you go with for a barrel?

 

[Point Creep]

It’s a 19” Lilja. 10 shots 2850 fps average with zero pressure signs on brass. SD is 10 but I’m good with this.

 

[slatebuilder]

When my current batch of 60 grain vmax is gone I would like to re-barrel my remingon 700 223.

Anyone here have any experience with 90 grain A tips in a 223 remington, 223 wylde, or 5.56?