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I think Barnes makes a TTSX in 62 grains for the .223.
My son has now killed 3 Texas whitetails with a .223 shooting a 55 grain TSX. 2 of them were pretty good sized deer, somewhere between 175 and 200 pounds on the hoof.
I think you need to limit shots to around 200 yards though. At 300 yards your ft/lbs of energy is below 500 with that setup.
1st thing that popped into my mind was 'Why'?
Unless it's the only weapon you have available, I see no logical reason to attempt to hunt with such a limited cartridge other than "See what I did".
It's just my $0.02, but don't we owe the game we pursue, and all our other brothers afield, the responsibility to use the most practical cartridge available to us ?
A friend of mine hunts whitetail with that 55gr TSX almost exclusively. He's really happy with the performance.
The bullet did not exit, but blew up inside the chest cavity and made a big mess. I felt lucky to have had a blood trail when I found her, but the internal trauma was enough to leak blood out of the entry wound. Even with massive heart, lung and esophageal damage, the doe ran 30-40 yards.
I was Just looking for some input . I do have a 11 year old nephew. And a nice ..223 already in my gun safe. Thanks again
A TSX "blew up"?!?\
How was this a problem??