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Post by foxtrapper on Mar 26, 2021 11:52:28 GMT -5
Bullet recommendation? 16” heavy bull barrel rra varmint barrel ar. Thanks
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Post by eagle1899 on Mar 26, 2021 13:23:18 GMT -5
What twist do you have?
A Barnes X bullet works on Whitetails extremely well.
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Post by cmillard on Mar 26, 2021 15:00:47 GMT -5
I took my .223 out pronghorn hunting last fall in wyoming. 220 yards roughly, 77 sierra tmk at about 2700. Worked beautifully!!
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Post by flyingzebra on Mar 26, 2021 20:23:46 GMT -5
I know of numerous 223 antelope victories here in Northern Nevada. Among other bullets, the Sierra 65 grain Gameking is popular.
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Post by duke3026 on Mar 27, 2021 5:04:58 GMT -5
60gr. Partitions have worked well for deer. Haven’t used them in a AR platform, only in the 22-250 bolt.
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Post by x101airborne on Mar 27, 2021 6:44:24 GMT -5
Having never hunted Antelope all I can offer is I gave up on it for hogs and I dont give a toss about a hog.
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Post by foxtrapper on Mar 27, 2021 9:11:12 GMT -5
1:8 twist
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Post by foxtrapper on Mar 27, 2021 10:51:17 GMT -5
Just grabbed a couple boxes of Barnes x 62gr bullets from midway. Not much out there! Lol
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Post by bula on Mar 28, 2021 7:35:48 GMT -5
For reference, what does a good sized pronghorn weigh after field dressing ?
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Post by flyingzebra on Mar 28, 2021 8:19:30 GMT -5
70 to 80 pounds is about it.
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Post by bula on Mar 29, 2021 7:38:20 GMT -5
Thanks, now I can understand the use of 223/5.56 on pronghorn. Here the 4 legged critter of choice for hunting is whitetail deer. A mature river bottom, farmland buck will still be near 200 lbs gutted.. With no idea of pronghorn size and our deer to judge by..
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Post by taffin on Mar 29, 2021 18:59:12 GMT -5
Bullet recommendation? 16” heavy bull barrel rra varmint barrel ar. Thanks YEARS AGO I CALLED JEFF HOFFMAN AT BLACK HILLS AMMO AND ASKED HIM. HE TOLD ME HIS ONE PARTICALUR LOAD WAS AS GOOD AS AN 'O6 ON DEER UP TO 200 YARDS. WE TOOK THREE CATALINA GOATS, ALL WITH ONE SHOT AT 175-200 YARDS WITH IT.
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Post by balla006 on Apr 4, 2021 21:59:23 GMT -5
First, I’ve never shot a pronghorn. However I have shot multiple deer (I can’t remember the exact number but well over a dozen and less than two dozen) in Alabama and Tennessee with a 223 in a 16” barrel AR. The bullet weights ranged from 55 grain to 70 grain. All shots were with Barnes TSX or the Remington hog hammers (which I think use the TSX). About half of the deer were bang flops. The other half never ran further than 100 yards (that was only one deer).
All shots were 200 yards and in. With the exception of one deer, I treated them like bow shots and shot them through on broadside shots. Only one deer at approximately 120 yards was angled towards me and slightly to my right. I shot her on the tip of her right front shoulder and it exited somewhere around her left abdomen. She made it 20-30 yards before dying.
I felt the ability of the 223/5.56mm with the TSX to kill was very good. However I felt the blood trail was frequently lacking (don’t forget the winter coats on the deer) on the 50% of deer that ran. Due to the thick vegetation I’m oftentimes in I didn’t care for the limited or complete lack of a blood trail. Generally this only seems to be more of an issue during evening hunts that turn wet (not an uncommon occurrence it seems) where it takes very little to wash minimal blood spots away.
Take this for what it’s worth and dependent upon your terrain they might work just fine.
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Post by bushog on Apr 4, 2021 22:10:40 GMT -5
Problem is a 300yd shot on a trophy buck at 300yds with a swirling 20mph+ wind.
No way I would ever hunt a pronghorn with a .223.
Hit him in the gut and he's gonna run and at 45mph they can cover some ground.
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Post by bigbrowndog on Apr 5, 2021 10:02:15 GMT -5
Here is what I require of my hunters when they come down for pigs. Minimum 120grs. of bullet if it’s a standard cup and core bullet, also ask for them not to depend or rely on a perfect broadside shot or optimal conditions. The 223/5.56 was designed for use against 80-130 pound adversaries, it was also designed to wound no kill. Using good bullets it does a decent job of killing in its weight class, however it REQUIRES absolute accuracy. There are sooooo much better rounds out there, the newer bullets have not made the .223 a viable big game round they’ve just made it more capable if used for that purpose.
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